Lindsley v. TRT Holdings, Inc. et al

Filing 288

MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER granting 282 MOTION to Stay Equitable Relief Pending Appeal with Supporting Brief; denying 281 MOTION to Alter Judgment . (Ordered by Judge Brantley Starr on 12/18/2023) (oyh)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
DALLAS DIVISION
SARAH LINDSLEY,
Plaintiff,
v.
TRT HOLDINGS, INC. et al.,
Defendants.

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Civil Action No. 3:17-CV-2942-X

MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER
Pending before the Court is Defendant Omni Hotels Management
Corporation’s Renewed Motion to Alter Judgment, (Doc. 281), and Motion to Stay
Equitable Relief Pending Appeal, (Doc. 282). After reviewing the motions, responses,
and applicable law, the Court DENIES Omni’s Renewed Motion to Alter Judgment,
(Doc. 281), and GRANTS Omni’s Motion to Stay Equitable Relief Pending Appeal,
(Doc. 282).
After reviewing the four-factor test promulgated in Hilton v. Braunskill, 1 the
Court finds that it should exercise its discretion in suspending the injunctive relief of
its order pending appeal. 2 By contrast, the Court finds that the injunctive relief
portion of its final judgment should not be altered or amended under Rule 59(e). 3

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481 U.S. 770, 776, 107 S. Ct. 2113, 95 L.Ed.2d 724 (1987).

2 See Firearms Pol'y Coal., Inc. v. McCraw, 623 F. Supp. 3d 740, 757 (N.D. Tex. 2022) (applying
four-factor test), appeal dismissed sub nom. Andrews v. McCraw, No. 22-10898, 2022 WL 19730492
(5th Cir. Dec. 21, 2022).

The Fifth Circuit instructs courts that Rule 59(e) motions “are for the narrow purpose of
correcting manifest errors of law.” Faciane v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, 931 F.3d 412, 423
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IT IS SO ORDERED this 18th day of December, 2023.

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BRANTLEY STARR
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

(5th Cir. 2019). No manifest error of law has occurred in following the Fifth Circuit’s precedent
established in Abner v. Kansas City Southern R. Co., 513 F.3d 154 (2008).