Atkinson-Kiewit v. National Union

[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
No. 97-1082
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
Plaintiff, Appellee,
v.
CATERINA A. ROSENTHAL, ET AL.,
Defendants, Appellants.
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
[Hon. Richard G. Stearns, U.S. District Judge]
Before
Selya, Circuit Judge,
Cyr, Senior Circuit Judge,
and Lagueux*, District Judge.
Evan T. Lawson, with whom J. Mark Dickison and Lawson &
Weitzen, LLP were on brief, for appellants.
Michael J. Keefe, with whom James E. Harvey, Jr., O'Malley
and Harvey, Kenneth A. Latronico, and Latronico & Whitestone were
on brief, for appellee.
July 18, 1997
*Of the District of Rhode Island, sitting by designation.
Per Curiam. We have reviewed the record on appeal with
Per Curiam.
care, read the parties' briefs, and entertained oral argument.
We find that the district court's order granting equitable relief
pendente lite is grounded on substantial evidence in the record,
meets the requirements we have laid down for the granting of
preliminary injunctive relief, see, e.g., Narragansett Indian
Tribe v. Guilbert, 934 F.2d 4, 5 (1st Cir. 1991), and does not
appear to represent an unreasonable application of pertinent
legal principles. Consequently, we summarily affirm the order.
The appellants may, of course, raise their factual and legal
arguments anew at the trial on the merits.
Affirmed.
Affirmed.
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