Triple Five of Minnesota, Inc. v. Simon

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated cases are before the court on interlocutory appeal from the district court’s grant of injunctive relief. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in case numbers 04-1172 and 04-1181. We dismiss case numbers 04-2827 and 04-2828 as moot. Because the district court conducted a bench trial on the equitable claims at issue here, we view the facts in the light most favorable to the prevailing party, Triple Five. Foster v. Time Warner Entm’t Co., 250 F.3d 1189, 1192 (8th Cir.2001).

I. BACKGROUND

In 1986, Triple Five secured the land and rights to develop the Mall…