Opinion ID: 612363
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: standard of review

Text: “[W]e review the district court’s factual findings [after a bench trial] for clear error and its legal conclusions de novo.” United States v. Apollo Energies, Inc., 611 F.3d 679, 683 (10th Cir. 2010) (quotation marks omitted). “A finding of fact is not clearly erroneous unless it is without factual support in the record, or unless the court after reviewing all the evidence, is left with a definite and firm conviction that the district court erred.” Id. at 683-84 (quotation marks omitted). “In conducting this review, [w]e view the evidence in the light most favorable to -6- the district court’s ruling and must uphold any district court finding that is permissible in light of the evidence.” Sw. Stainless, LP v. Sappington, 582 F.3d 1176, 1183 (10th Cir. 2009) (alteration in original) (quotation marks omitted).