Legal Opinion
Roughneck Concrete Drilling & Sawing Co. v. Plumbers' Pension Fund, Local 130
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 7, 2011No. 09-3670, 09-3685PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
A case can be complex without being difficult and difficult without being complex — and it can also be both complex and difficult, yet difficult for reasons unrelated to its complexity. This case is complex because of multiple parties, four separate proceedings (a mixture of arbitrations and adjudications), a multitude of complex written instruments, and sprawling submissions — the parties and amici curiae have filed a total of seven briefs, running to hundreds of pages. But these complexities — many of which we’ll ignore — have little to do with whether to affirm or…
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