Spring Creek Holding Co. v. Keith

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2006 Decisions States Court of Appeals
for the Third Circuit
8-8-2006
Spring Creek Holding v. Keith
Precedential or Non-Precedential: Non-Precedential
Docket No. 05-1889
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NOT PRECEDENTIAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
No. 05-1889
SPRING CREEK HOLDING COMPANY, INC.,
HILLEL MEYERS,
SEYMOUR SVIRSKY, AND
METAIRIE CORPORATION,
Appellees,
v.
MARVIN KEITH,
Appellant.
On Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of New Jersey
D.C. Civil No. 02-CV-376
District Judge: The Honorable Jose L. Linares
Submitted Under Third Circuit L.A.R. 34.1(a)
June 28, 2006
Before: BARRY, VAN ANTWERPEN, and SILER*, Circuit Judges.
(Opinion Filed: August 8, 2006)
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OPINION
*
Honorable Eugene E. Siler, Jr., Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth
Circuit, sitting by designation.
SILER, Circuit Judge
In this appeal, we consider whether the district court abused its discretion in denying
preliminary injunctive relief to Defendant-Appellant Marvin Keith. Having considered the
parties’ arguments, we will affirm the judgment of the district court.1
Because the parties are familiar with the facts of the case, it is unnecessary for us to
recite them here. Keith asserts that he owns the controlling ownership interest in Metairie
Corporation and Spring Creek Holding Company, companies that own a certain parcel of
property in New Jersey. Plaintiffs Spring Creek Holding Company, Hillel Meyers, Seymour
Svirksy and Metairie Corporation assert that Meyers and Svirsky are the controlling owners.
The district court did not abuse its discretion, commit an obvious error of law, or make
a serious mistake in considering the proof in finding that (1) monetary damages would
provide Keith adequate relief should his underlying claims be successful; and (2) the sale of
Metairie’s assets was not imminent. See Acierno, 40 F.3d at 653. In addition, Keith failed
to demonstrate that he is likely to succeed on the merits of his underlying claims, Am. Tel.
& Tel. Co. v. Winback and Conserve Program, Inc., 42 F.3d 1421, 1427 (3d Cir. 1994), as
is necessary to support the issuance of a preliminary injunction, and we accordingly discern
no impropriety with the district court’s denial of the injunction.
1
We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1). We review the district court’s
denial of the preliminary injunction for an abuse of discretion and the factual findings underlying
the district court’s decision for clear error. Acierno v. New Castle County, 40 F.3d 645, 652-53 (3d
Cir. 1994).