Converse Inc. v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A

• Court: District Court, E.D. Missouri
• Decided: January 26, 2026
• Docket: 4:25-cv-01843
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION

CONVERSE INC., ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) Case No. 4:25-cv-01843-MTS ) THE PARTNERSHIPS AND ) UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS ) IDENTIFIED ON SCHEDULE A, ) ) Defendants. )

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Converse, Inc.’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction. Doc. [30]. Plaintiff filed the Motion today, January 26, 2026, the final day that the Court’s extended temporary restraining order is in effect. See Doc. [29]; see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b)(2). In the instant Motion, Plaintiff requests that, if the Court “does not rule on this Motion before the current TRO expiration [in mere hours],” Doc. [30] at 1; but see E.D. Mo. L.R. 4.01(B) (providing that a party opposing a motion has fourteen days to respond to it); In re Sac & Fox Tribe of Miss. in Iowa/Meskwaki Casino Litig., 340 F.3d 749, 765 (8th Cir. 2003) (noting the “issuance of a preliminary injunction requires reasonable notice and a chance for the respondent party to prepare and respond”), then Plaintiff also “seeks to extend the TRO to maintain the status quo until there is a ruling on Converse’s Motion for Entry of a Preliminary Injunction,” Doc. [30] at 1. Despite Plaintiff's seemingly unnecessary delay, the Court finds that Plaintiff indeed has demonstrated good cause to extend the Court’s previous injunctive relief. See See H-D Michigan, LLC v. Hellenic Duty Free Shops S.A., 694 F.3d 827, 845 (7th Cir. 2012). Plaintiff's filings demonstrate that not doing so would allow the Defendants to move their funds offshore and avoid liability for their counterfeiting activities. See MeccaTech, Inc. v. Kiser, 8:05-cv-0570-LSC, 2008 WL 934366, at *4 (D. Neb. Apr. 1, 2008) (finding injunctive relief appropriate, in part, when it ensures “that defendants do not fraudulently or otherwise transfer assets during litigation to circumvent recovery by a wronged plaintiff’). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff Converse, Inc.’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Doc. [30], is GRANTED in part in that the injunction previously entered by the court is EXTENDED pending a ruling on the remainder of Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction. Signed this 26th day of January 2026, at 8:38 p.m.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE