· 7/31/1986
Ralph Lightfoot, Lacarttle Jones, Fred Jenkins, and Nelson Weaver v. Daniel Walker, Governor of the State of Illinois
Citations
- 797 F.2d 505
- 5 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1139
- 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 27686
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- “The philosophy underlying Rule 62(d) is that a [litigant] who has won in the trial court should not be put to the expense of defending [its] judgment on appeal unless the [judgment debtor] takes reasonable steps to assure that the judgment will be paid if it is affirmed.”
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Judges: Wood, Cudahy, Posner
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