Metro Hydroelectric Co., LLC v. Metro Parks

OPINION

JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Metro Parks appeals the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction to plaintiff-appellee Metro Hydroelectric Company, LLC. Metro Parks argues that the district court erred in finding that subject matter jurisdiction existed in this case and that the district court abused its discretion in issuing the preliminary injunction. Because we find that no federal subject matter jurisdiction exists in this case, we reverse the decision of the district court.

I

The instant dispute revolves around the parties’ various property rights to…