Opinion
No. 70172
03-17-2017
MCGEE & MCGEE WINE MERCHANTS, LLC, A NEVADA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY D/B/A SAPPHIRE FAMILY OF WINES, Appellant, v. JAM CELLARS, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION; AND JOHN ANTHONY VINEYARDS, LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, Respondents.
ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE
This is an appeal from a district court order denying a preliminary injunction. Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; Scott N. Freeman, Judge.
To obtain a preliminary injunction, "the moving party must show that there is a likelihood of success on the merits and that the nonmoving party's conduct, should it continue, would cause irreparable harm for which there is no adequate remedy at law." Dep't of Conservation & Nat. Res., Div. of Water Res. v. Foley, 121 Nev. 77, 80, 109 P.3d 760, 762 (2005). Having reviewed the parties' arguments and the record, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion by denying the preliminary injunction. See Labor Comm'r of State of Nev. v. Littlefield, 123 Nev. 35, 38, 153 P.3d 26, 28 (2007) (providing that a decision to grant or deny a preliminary injunction is within the discretion of the district court). In particular, while appellants clearly requested a preliminary injunction hearing, appellants do not explain on appeal what material facts required elucidation by live testimony. 11A Charles Alan Wright, Arthur R. Miller & Mary Kay Kane, Federal Practice and Procedure: Civil, § 2949, at 249 (2013) (explaining that while an evidentiary hearing is typically appropriate, a preliminary-injunction motion may be decided on "written evidence when no conflict about the facts requires illumination by live testimony"). Accordingly, we
ORDER the district court's denial of the preliminary injunction AFFIRMED.
/s/_________, J.
Douglas
/s/_________, J.
Gibbons
/s/_________, J.
Pickering cc: Hon. Scott N. Freeman, District Judge
Bradley Drendel & Jeanney
Guild, Gallagher & Fuller, Ltd.
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP/Las Vegas
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP/Reno
Washoe District Court Clerk