# Technical legal question on appeals courts and injunctions

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 4, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-legal-question-on-appeals-courts-and-injunctions/803579 "2017-12-04T21:34:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-legal-question-on-appeals-courts-and-injunctions/803579/6 "2017-12-05T21:09:18Z")

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> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#):
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> That doesn’t make sense to me. All requests for injunctions are pre-trial. But they get ruled on based on likelihood of success nonetheless. What distinction are you drawing between the initial trial judge and the appellate court at the exact same point?
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> Unless you’re saying a judge might reason “there’s no way I’m going to change my mind, but the other guys might …”

This has already been answered. You appear not to like the answer.

I find it silly to ask for a factual answer to something, get that factual answer, and then argue the answer. That’s not a General Question; that’s an attempt at debating or disputing what happened, masquerading as a question.

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