Opinion ID: 221659
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Heading: Jurisdiction and Standard of Review for the Preliminary Injunction Order

Text: We have jurisdiction over the appeal of the district court's preliminary injunction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1). [5] While the standard to be applied by the district court in deciding whether a plaintiff is entitled to a preliminary injunction is stringent, the standard of appellate review is simply whether the issuance of the injunction, in the light of the applicable standard, constituted an abuse of discretion. Doran v. Salem Inn, Inc., 422 U.S. 922, 931-32, 95 S.Ct. 2561, 45 L.Ed.2d 648 (1975). Despite this deferential standard, a decision grounded in erroneous legal principles is reviewed de novo. Byrum v. Landreth, 566 F.3d 442, 445 (5th Cir.2009) (citations and quotation marks omitted). As to each element of the district court's preliminary-injunction analysis, the district court's findings of fact are subject to a clearly-erroneous standard of review, while conclusions of law are subject to broad review and will be reversed if incorrect. White v. Carlucci, 862 F.2d 1209, 1211 (5th Cir.1989) (citations and quotation omitted).