Legal Opinion

BKCAP, LLC v. CAPTEC Franchise Trust 2000-1

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 13, 2009No. 08-3239, 08-4038PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TINDER, Circuit Judge.

This ease demonstrates that even experienced, sophisticated business entities can encounter difficulty when drafting carefully negotiated loan documents. Since July 2007, the plaintiffs and the defendant have been at loggerheads over the meaning of just a handful of lines out of several hundred in their five-page, single-spaced Note. Unfortunately, this appeal cannot bring their stalemate to an end, and more litigation lies ahead. However, while disputes over the meaning of language in loan documents can be somewhat dry, this one is more interesting than most such cases.

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2Cases cited25 opinions

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  3. Kripp v. KrippSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  4. Eli Lilly & Co. v. Home Insurance Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Insurance Adjustment Bureau, Inc. v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006

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