Legal Opinion
Woolley v. Embassy Suites, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 28, 1991No. A049987PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SMITH, J.
This is an appeal from an order granting a preliminary injunction, the effect of which is to prevent the owners of nine hotels managed by Embassy Suites, Inc. (Embassy) from terminating Embassy’s management contracts pending the resolution of an arbitration to determine whether Embassy breached the contracts. Because the injunction violated several principles governing the issuance of such equitable relief, we will reverse.
Background
Plaintiffs Robert Woolley and Charles Sweeney are managing general partners of 22 partnerships which own 22 hotels throughout the nation. All the…
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