Task: songer_direct1

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the ideological directionality of the court of appeals decision, coded as "liberal" or "conservative". Consider the directionality to be "mixed" if the directionality of the decision was intermediate to the extremes defined above or if the decision was mixed (e.g., the conviction of defendant in a criminal trial was affirmed on one count but reversed on a second count or if the conviction was afirmed but the sentence was reduced). Consider "not ascertained" if the directionality could not be determined or if the outcome could not be classified according to any conventional outcome standards.

PER CURIAM.
In the Court below, appellants filed a bill of complaint seeking a mandatory injunction. They then moved for a preliminary injunction. That motion was regularly ordered for hearing and came on for hearing on the day assigned. At that hearing, the District Judge determined that no testimony should be offered and denied the motion. The only opinion in the case is the oral opinion of the District-Judge in the course of his denial of the motion. No findings of fact and conclusions of law were filed.
It is obvious that appellants were not allowed the hearing contemplated by Rule 65(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. Sims v. Greene, 3 Cir., 161 F.2d 87. As a result, there were no findings as required by Rule 52(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and there are no means of telling on what ground the Trial Judge acted. Apparently it was on the theory that the complaint did not state a claim upon which relief could be granted. On this question, no opinion is here expressed.
The order denying appellants’ motion for a preliminary injunction will be reversed and the cause remanded for further proceedings in accordance with this opinion.

Question: What is the ideological directionality of the court of appeals decision?
A. conservative
B. liberal
C. mixed
D. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: D