H & R BLOCK TAX SERVICES LLC v. ACEVEDO-LOPEZ

No. 13-1387.

742 F.3d 1074 (2014)

H & R BLOCK TAX SERVICES LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Lutgardo ACEVEDO-LOPEZ, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 12, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Klarfeld , argued, Washington, DC ( Douglas M. Weems , Kansas City, MO., Barry L. Pickens , Overland Park, KS., David M. Right , Kansas City, MO., Iris Figueroa Rosario , Washington, DC, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John Jackson Miller , argued, Ransas City, MO, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before LOKEN, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

This is a diversity action between H & R Block Tax Services LLC ("Block"), a Missouri company headquartered in Kansas City, and a Puerto Rican franchisee, Lutgardo Acevedo-Lopez. Block appeals a district court order denying Block's motion for a preliminary injunction requiring Acevedo-Lopez to comply with post-termination covenants in the franchise agreement. The district court denied a preliminary injunction because Block "has not demonstrated...

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