Legal Opinion
Paul Hamer and June Hamer v. County of Lake, Lake County Board of Review, and Its Individual Members, and Robert G. Jasper
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 13, 1989No. 88-1332, 88-1354PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MYRON L. GORDON, Senior District Judge.
This appeal presents an unfortunate example of legal representation that crosses the line between persistent advocacy and misuse of the judicial process. In a misguided effort to obtain reconsideration of substantive arguments that have twice been determined to lack merit, the appellants ask this court to set aside an established doctrine known as “the law of the case.” The Hamers are now making a frivolous argument in order to justify a de novo review of matters already found frivolous. For reasons stated herein, the decision of the district court to…
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