Opinion ID: 655549
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Heading: jurisdiction

Text: 14 We have jurisdiction over this interlocutory appeal of a preliminary injunction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (1988). 15 We raised the issue of mootness sua sponte and obtained supplemental briefs. It appeared to us after argument that the one-year supply ordered by the preliminary injunction would have run its course before the case was decided. We would have no jurisdiction to review the preliminary injunction if it had been fully performed, and could have no further effect. Northwest Envt'l. Defense Ctr. v. Gordon, 849 F.2d 1241, 1244 (9th Cir.1988). But the case is not moot after all. 16 First, the injunction still may affect conduct by HEM for some of the patients. Graham cross appeals, claiming that the district court erred in putting a one year limit on the preliminary injunction. A second patient, Hyneman, has not yet begun treatment, so if he claims treatment, he is entitled to a year of Ampligen under the injunction. A third, Rogers-Dickie, began treatment considerably after it was ordered, and so has time left under the preliminary injunction. 17 Also, the validity of the injunction affects HEM, even for the patients who have received their year of Ampligen. HEM has been held in contempt and fined for violating the preliminary injunction. The civil contempt order entered against HEM depends on the validity of the preliminary injunction. In re Merrill Lynch Relocation Management, Inc., 812 F.2d 1116, 1119 (9th Cir.1987) (If the underlying order ... is in error, the contempt order must fall.). The contempt order is not before us, but our decision on the validity of the preliminary injunction will determine whether it stands. We have been faced with this situation before, in Trans International Airlines v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 650 F.2d 949, 955 (9th Cir.1980). In that case we reviewed a preliminary injunction, even though the underlying dispute was settled and no further conduct was governed by the injunction, because the civil contempt order issued pursuant to that injunction would fall if we found the injunction to be in error. Id. Thus, because of the effect of this appeal on the civil contempt order, there is a live dispute. 18