Court Opinion

ID: 9632372
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 11:12:23.9053+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:08:14.247336
License: Public Domain

Springer, J.,
dissenting:
The district court saw a need to preserve the status quo during the pendency of this litigation. The trial judge made detailed findings of fact before issuing the preliminary injunction, all of which appear to support the trial judge’s conclusion that “this is a proper instance for the issuance of a Preliminary Injunction, in that irreparable loss or damage will result to the Plaintiffs unless Defendants are prohibited from continuing with the construction of the two residences in question.” I see no cause for this court’s interfering with the district court’s judgment in this regard.
The majority appears to base its dissolution of the preliminary injunction on its own factual determination that respondents “caused a material disadvantage to CAHI.” I do not believe that this court is presently in a position, while the litigation is still pending before the trial court, to make an appellate judgment on the degree to which CAHI might have been disadvantaged. The question of whether CAHI has suffered such a “material disadvantage” as to warrant denial of preliminary injunctive relief is a factual question that is fairly answerable only at the conclusion of the evidence in the district court case. I would leave the district court alone and permit this matter to go its course at the trial level before we stick our appellate noses into the case. I dissent.