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Type
Opinion
Author
Stanley Marcus
Filed
July 28, 1998
Case
McDonald's v. Robertson
Case status
Decided

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[PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ FILED No. 97-3308 U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ________________________ ELEVENTH CIRCUIT D. C. Docket No. 97-1189-CIV-J-10C 2/18/03 THOMAS K. KAHN McDONALD’S CORPORATION, CLERK Plaintiff-Counter-defendant- Appellee, versus ROGER ROBERTSON, MARILYN ROBERTSON, trading as McDonald’s Restaurant, Defendants-Counter-claimants- Appellants. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida _________________________ (July 28, 1998) Before CARNES and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and MILLS*, Senior District Judge. _________________________ *Honorable Richard Mills, Senior U.S. District Judge for the Central District of Illinois, sitting by designation. MARCUS, Circuit Judge: This appeal arises out of the district court’s entry without an evidentiary hearing of a preliminary injunction enjoining defendant-appellants Roger and Marilyn Robertson from continuing to run a McDonald’s restaurant previously franchised to them by plaintiff-appellee McDonald’s Corporation. On appeal the Robertsons challenge the district court’s denial of their motion for an eviden…

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