Opinion ID: 779223
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Heading: Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction

Text: 23 Local 604 delayed its appeal of the temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction until after the district court issued a final judgment, instead of bringing an interlocutory appeal as a matter of right. A party may choose to pursue an interlocutory appeal of a district court's grant of preliminary injunctive relief or to wait until after a final judgment has been rendered. Sierra Club v. Robertson, 28 F.3d 753, 756 n. 3 (8th Cir.1994). 24 Federal appellate jurisdiction extends only to actual cases or controversies still in existence at the time of appellate review. U.S. Const. art. III, § 2; Ashley, Drew & N. Ry. Co. v. United Transp. Union, 625 F.2d 1357, 1361 (8th Cir.1980). After the district court enjoined the December 1999 work stoppage, GM transferred all of Allied-TSI's work at the Wentzville terminal to another carrier. Allied-TSI no longer does business with Local 604 at the Wentzville terminal. We need not explore the propriety of the temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction enjoining the December 1999 picketing because the issue has become moot [t]hrough the passage of time and the occurrence of irrevocable events. Lebanon Chem. Corp. v. United Farmers Plant Food, Inc., 179 F.3d 1095, 1099 (8th Cir.1999) (quoting McFarlin v. Newport Special Sch. Dist., 980 F.2d 1208, 1210 (8th Cir.1992)).