Legal Opinion
Bankcard America, Inc. v. Universal Bancard System, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 1, 2000No. Nos. 98-2528, 98-2529, 98-2530PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Football fans know the sickening feeling: your team scores a big touchdown’ but then a penalty flag is tossed, wiping out the play. Universal Bancard Systems, Inc. knows that feeling firsthand after seeing not one, but two big touchdowns called back. The referee who waved off the first — a $7.8 million verdict — and then.the second — a $4.1 million jury verdict after a second trial — was the Honorable Richard A. Posner, the circuit’s chief judge who in this case was wearing, by designation, the robe of a district judge.1 Like the instant replay official, we now…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Bankcard America, Inc. v. Universal Bancard Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000