Legal Opinion
Carpa, Inc., Cross-Appellants. v. Ward Foods, Inc., Cross-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 17, 1978No. 77-1245PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
After seven years of litigation in this private antitrust suit the original dispute between the parties has become a mere footnote, 1 and the adversaries and their attorneys now litigate over costs, attorneys’ fees, interest on the judgment, and even interest on attorneys’ fees. In Biblical times, such prolonged efforts in the fields were followed by a cessation of tillage and a year of rest. Litigants here seem to prefer the injunction of a different period,
Lay on, Macduff
And damn’d be ’him that first cries,
“Hold, enough!”
Plaintiffs Carpa, Inc. (owned by plaintiff…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- White v. MurthaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- John J. Terrell, Plaintiff-Appelle v. Household Goods Carriers' BureauCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Kenneth Lehrman v. Gulf Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Marrian Kolesar and Andrew Kolesar, Her HusbandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by112 opinions
- Rush PETTWAY Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN CAST IRON PIPE COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Morrow v. DillardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Copper Liquor, Inc., Robert Earl Basham, Jr., or the Estate of Harold Letcher, Deceased, Cross-Appellant v. Adolph Coors Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Williamsburg Wax Museum, Inc. v. Historic Figures, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Nazareth Gates v. John Collier, Superintendent of the Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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