Legal Opinion
Orlando Residence, Ltd. v. GP CREDIT CO., LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 22, 2009No. 07-4050, 08-1044, 07-4051PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
For 22 years these parties and then-predecessors have been litigating, in numerous lawsuits in different courts, a dispute over a piece of property in Nashville. We were told at argument without contradiction that the parties have expended $3 million in legal fees, a figure that exceeds any reasonable estimate of the amount in controversy. Yet such behavior need not be irrational or a product of spite or even of bad legal advice. A rational litigant, having expended $Z in unsuccessful efforts to prevail, yet having additional litigation options that he can pursue, will…
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Woods v. WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL BANKDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 2010
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