Legal Opinion
In re Memorial Hospital of Iowa County, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 21, 1988No. 88-1680PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Litigants who settle their dispute while an appeal is pending often file a joint motion asking us not only to dismiss the appeal but also to vacate the opinion and judgment of the district court. We always deny these motions to the extent they ask us to annul the district court’s acts, on the ground that an opinion is a public act of the government, which may not be expunged by private agreement. History cannot be rewritten. There is no common law writ of erasure. This court’s orders denying requests to vacate opinions have been unpublished, with one exception that…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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