The following excerpt is from Hanson Trust PLC v. ML SCM Aquisition, Inc., 781 F.2d 264 (2nd Cir. 1986):
Our standard of review is whether the district court abused its discretion in denying the preliminary injunction, Coca-Cola v. Tropicana Products, Inc., 690 F.2d 312, 315 (2d Cir.1982) (remanding for issuance of preliminary injunction), i.e., whether it "relie[d] on clearly erroneous findings of fact or on an error of law in [not] issuing the injunction," Hanson I, 774 F.2d at 54.
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