Opinion ID: 1436259
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Heading: COMPLIANCE WITH C.R.C.P. 65(b) AND (d)

Text: The appellants timely filed motions for new trial directed to the contempt orders which were issued because of the violations of the temporary restraining order and the preliminary injunction. The basis of the motion for new trial directed to the TRO was essentially an attack for its failure to comply with C.R.C.P. 65(b) and (d). The second motion for new trial attacked the preliminary injunction and the contempt order issued thereon on the basis of failure to comply with C.R.C.P. 65(d). These were essentially attacks on the merits of the TRO and the preliminary injunction. The motions were denied. Although both the TRO and the preliminary injunction were appealable orders, no appeals were taken therefrom. C.A.R. 1(a)(3). Thus, we do not reach appellants' arguments on their merits. Minshall v. Pettitt, 151 Colo. 501, 379 P.2d 394 (1963), and cases cited therein; C.R.C.P. 59(f). A collateral attack on the TRO or the preliminary injunction contained in a motion for new trial directed to the contempt orders would be proper only if the orders granting the TRO or the preliminary injunction were void for some jurisdictional defect. See Renner v. Williams, 140 Colo. 432, 344 P.2d 966 (1959); see also Bethlehem Mines Corp. v. United Mine Workers of America, 476 F.2d 860 (3rd Cir. 1973). Neither order has been attacked on these grounds. Therefore, we need only decide whether the contempt order was proper.