§ 1.10.4 Criteria Governing Appeal. Since the grant of an injunction lies in the discretion of the trial court, review is limited to finding of clear abuses of discretion, Gillespie Land & Irrigation Co. v. Gonzalez, 93 Ariz. 152, 379 P.2d 135 (1963) ; Horton v. Mitchell, 200 Ariz. 523, 526, 29 P.3d 870, 873 (App. 2001) . American Credit Bureau v. Carter, 11 Ariz. App. 145, 462 P.2d 838 (1969) , mistakes of law, Glaser Brothers v. 21st Sales Co., 224 Cal. App. 2d 197, 36 Cal. Rptr. 379 (Ct. App. 1964) , or procedural errors. Firchau v. Barringer Crater Co., 86 Ariz. 215, 344 P.2d 486 (1959) ; see also § 1.10.2 (as to preliminary injunction). An appellate court also reviews a lower “court’s rulings on motions for relief from judgment under Rule 60(b) for abuse of discretion.” Flores v. Arizona, 516 F.3d 1140, 1163 (9th Cir. 2008) .
As the Ninth Circuit states the rule, it “will find an abuse of discretion ‘where the district court’ based its ruling on an erroneous view of the law or on a clearly erroneous assessment of the evidence.” Children of the Rosary v. City of Phoenix, 154 F.3d 972, 975-76 (9th Cir. 1998) , quoting Roe v. Anderson, 134 F.3d 1400, 1402 (9th Cir. 1998) (quoting Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp., 498 U.S. 384, 405, 110 S. Ct. 2447 (1990) ); accord Gentala v. City of Tucson, 213 F.3d 1055, 1060 (9th Cir. 2000) ; Grijalva v. Shalala, 152 F.3d 1115, 1123 (9th Cir. 1998).
An appellate court will not find...
