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· 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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