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December 29, 2011
"Unlike Humpty Dumpty, however, a litigant cannot use words any way it pleases."
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mass., Inc. v. BCS Ins. Co., ___ F.3d ___ (7th Cir. 2011), Cause Nos. 11-2343 & 11-2757.
Judge Easterbrook refuses to be fooled by a party's "artful pleading" when the party calls a motion one thing, though it is really another.
"Unlike Humpty Dumpty, however, a litigant cannot use words any way it pleases."
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mass., Inc. v. BCS Ins. Co., ___ F.3d ___ (7th Cir. 2011), Cause Nos. 11-2343 & 11-2757.
Judge Easterbrook refuses to be fooled by a party's "artful pleading" when the party calls a motion one thing, though it is really another.
TAG 7th Circuit
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