The injunctive relief asked for was to reattach the tube (and remove her from hospice). If that ruling isn't turned around - so water/food can start again -- trial would be futile, because it (with appeals) would last longer than Terri would.
Yes but the tube could have been ordered attached after trial on the merits. Right now, Terry is being denied a feeding tube based only on a perceived lack of probable success on the merits, but not upon an adjudication upon trial of the merits themselves.
It's a bit like claiming, in 1995, that the Packers would not appear in two Superbowls in '96 and '97.
It bugs the heck out of me that Greer's preliminary rulings are causing her death.