IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH DIVISION
SHOW, INC., et al. §
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VS. § CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:12-CV-429-Y
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT §
OF AGRICULTURE §
RESTRAINING ORDER AND ACCELERATING TRIAL ON THE MERITS
Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion for a temporary restraining
order (“TRO”) (doc. 1). After review, the Court concludes that the
motion should be, and is hereby, DENIED. Plaintiffs have not
demonstrated a substantial likelihood of success on the merits, and the
balance of hardships and public-interest factors counsel against the
granting of a TRO. Moreover, in the Court’s view, any risk of
irreparable harm facing Plaintiffs is unlikely to befall them prior to
the Court’s resolution of the merits of their claims.
That said, in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
65(a)(2), the Court concludes that trial on the merits should be, and
is hereby, ADVANCED and CONSOLIDATED with the hearing on Plaintiffs’
request for a preliminary injunction, which shall take place on Monday,
July 16, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. A memorandum opinion on the Court’s
denial of Plaintiffs’ TRO motion, along with a full scheduling order
concerning the July 16 trial, will be issued early next week.
SIGNED July 6, 2012.
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TERRY R. MEANS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE