DV DIAMOND CLUB v. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

No. 20-1437.

960 F.3d 743 (2020)

DV DIAMOND CLUB OF FLINT, LLC, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, 689 Eatery, Corp.; 725 Eatery, Corp.; GJJM Enterprises, LLC, Intervenors-Appellees, v. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, an agency of the United States, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Filed May 15, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley J. Shafer , Matthew Joseph Hoffer , Shafer & Associates, Lansing, MI, for Plaintiffs-Appellees DV Diamond Club of Flint, LLC, Stone Park Entertainment, Inc., Millennium Restaurants Group, Inc., 2740 Corporation, T and N, Inc., VC Lauderdale, Inc., Benelux Corporation, BDS Restaurant, Inc., Seventy7, LLC, Burch Management Company, Inc., DB Entertainment, Inc., Filosadelfia, LLC, Mag Pitt LP, Polmour, Inc., Mag Enterprises, Inc., JCB of Gainesville, Inc., Heritage Management Services, Inc., Club Cabaret, Inc., Mag Entertainment, LLC, Kimmico, Inc., East Coast Restaurant & Nightclubs, LLC, Ferney Properties, LLC, Peoria Speakeasy, Inc., King Bee, Inc., Vonch, LLC, Oasis on Essington, Ltd.

Bradley J. Shafer , Matthew Joseph Hoffer , Shafer & Associates, Lansing, MI, Peter E. Garrell , Fortis, Costa Mesa, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Brookhurst Venture, LLC, High Expectations Hospitality, LLC, PNM Enterprises, Inc., Platinum SJ Enterprise, Santa Maria Restaurant Enterprises, Inc., Spearmint Rhino Companies Worlwide, Inc., Saries Lounge, LLC, Washington Management, LLC, City of Industry Hospitality Venture, Inc., City of Industry Hospitality Venture, Inc., Rouge Gentlemens Club, Inc., Penn Ave Hospitality, LLC, Rialto Pockets, Inc., Spearmint Rhino Adult Superstore, Inc., Oxnard Hospitality Services, Inc., World Class Ventures, LLC, Spearmint Rhino Consulting Worldwide, Inc., Olympic Avenue Venture, Inc., Santa Barbara Hospitality Services, Inc., W.P.B. Hospitality, LLC, L.C.M., LLC, Inland Restaurant Venture I, Inc., Farmdale Hospitality Services, Inc., Nitelife, Inc., Midnight Sun Enterprises, Inc., Kentucky Hospitality Venture, LLC, K-Kel, Inc.

Jennifer M. Kinsley , Kinsley Law Office, Cincinnati, OH, for Intervenors-Appellees.

Courtney L. Dixon , James Jordan Gilligan , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, DC, Peter A. Caplan , Assistant U.S. Attorney, United States Attorney's Office, Detroit, MI, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before: SILER, STRANCH, and DONALD, Circuit Judges.


ORDER

Defendants, the Small Business Administration and others (collectively the "SBA"), appeal the district court's opinion and order granting plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction. A district court's order granting or denying a preliminary injunction is immediately appealable pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1). The SBA moves to stay the preliminary injunction pending a decision on the merits of its appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 8(a)(2). The...

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