The following excerpt is from American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee v. Reno, 119 F.3d 1367 (9th Cir. 1997):
We review a decision regarding a preliminary injunction for an abuse of discretion. Does 1-5 v. Chandler, 83 F.3d 1150, 1152 (9th Cir.1996). A district court abuses its discretion "if the court bases its decision on an erroneous legal conclusion or on clearly erroneous findings of fact." American-Arab I, 70 F.3d at 1062.
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