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· 8/7/1984

Sierra On-Line, Inc. v. Phoenix Software, Inc.

Citations

  • 739 F.2d 1415
  • 39 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 1067
  • 223 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 227
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 19767

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  • upholding a preliminary injunction even though the trial court acknowledged the then-existing record would not have met the plaintiff’s burden of proof at trial
  • defining a “serious question” as having “a fair chance of success on the merits”
  • declining to exercise pendent jurisdiction over district court's denial of partial summary judgment
  • declining to exercise pendent jurisdiction over district court’s denial of partial summary judgment
  • for preliminary relief, the court need only find a probability that necessary facts will be established, not that such facts actually exist
  • for preliminary relief, the court need only find a probability that necessary facts will be established, not that such facts actually exist

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Judges: Wisdom, Skopil, Norris

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