MATTER OF MEMORIAL HOSP. OF IOWA COUNTY, INC.

No. 88-1680.

862 F.2d 1299 (1988)

In the Matter of MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF IOWA COUNTY, INC., Debtor-Appellee. Appeal of UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES and Blue Cross and Blue Shield United of Wisconsin.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowell V. Sturgill, Jr., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Appellate Staff, Civil Div., Washington, D.C., Jerard J. Jensen, Whyte & Hirschboeck, Madison, Wis., for appellants.

Sheree L. Gowey, Asst. U.S. Atty., Madison, Wis., for debtor-appellee.

Before FLAUM, EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Litigants who settle their dispute while an appeal is pending often file a joint motion asking us not only to dismiss the appeal but also to vacate the opinion and judgment of the district court. We always deny these motions to the extent they ask us to annul the district court's acts, on the ground that an opinion is a public act of the government, which may not be expunged by private agreement. History cannot be rewritten. There is no...

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