United States Court of Appeals

For the First Circuit

No. 00-1247

SOUTHEX EXHIBITIONS, INC.,

Plaintiff, Appellant,

v.

RHODE ISLAND BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, INC.,

Defendant, Appellee.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND

[Hon. Ernest C. Torres, U.S. District Judge ]

Before

Boudin, Stahl and Lynch,

Circuit Judges .

Leland P. Schermer , Gregg D. Orsag and on brief for appellant.

James M. Sloan, III and on brief for appellee.

Per Curiam . Southex Exhibitions, Inc. ("Southex") appeals from the denial of a preliminary injunction, and it has requested an expedited decision. Neither party has requested oral argument, and we have concluded that it is not necessary. See 1 st Cir. Loc. R. 34(b). We affirm.

Although it bore the burden to do so, Southex makes no developed argument in its brief on irreparable harm. Rather, it addresses the issue in a single sentence and brief footnote without developed argumentation or citation to the record. We have repeatedly stated that it is not enough merely to mention a possible argument in the most skeletal way, leaving the court to do counsel's work. See , e.g. , United States v. Zannino , 895 F.2d 1, 17 (1 st Cir. 1990). The needed showing of irreparable harm has not been made.

Affirmed.