AUTO DRIVEAWAY FRANCHISE SYSTEMS, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AUTO DRIVEAWAY RICHMOND, LLC, and INNOVAUTO USA, LLC, Defendants, and JEFFREY CORBETT, Defendant-Appellant., 928 F.3d 670

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HOLDINGS: [1]-In a dispute over a franchise for commercial vehicle transportation services, the court affirmed the district court's preliminary injunction against the franchisee because the appeal was not moot, and the preliminary injunction did not stray beyond the scope of the original complaint; [2]-The preliminary injunction did not comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(d) because it was not a standalone separate document that spelled out within its four corners exactly what the enjoined parties must or must not do, but such failure did not affect the court's appellate jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.S. § 1292(a)(1) because the order had the practical effect of an injunction on the parties, preventing the franchisee from operating his competing business and requiring the franchisor to secure that order with a $10,000 bond.