ROUGHNECK DRILLING v. PLUMBERS' PENSION FUND

Nos. 09-3670, 09-3685.

640 F.3d 761 (2011)

ROUGHNECK CONCRETE DRILLING & SAWING COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PLUMBERS' PENSION FUND, LOCAL 130, UA [UNITED ASSOCIATION], et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 7, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd L. Sarver (argued). Attorney, McDonald Hopkins , LLC, Columbus, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Daniel F. Gallagher , Attorney, Christopher Keleher (argued), Attorney, Querrey & Harrow, Julian D. Schreiber (argued). Attorney, Borovsky & Ehrlich, Newton C. Marshall , Attorney, Karbal, Cohen, Economou. Silk & Dunne, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees in Docket No. 09-3670.

John William Loseman (argued). Attorney, Lewis, Overbeck & Furman, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees in Docket No. 09-3685.

J. Peter Dowd , Attorney, Dowd, Bioch & Bennett, Robert P. Casey , Attorney, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Amici Curiae in Docket Nos. 09-3670, 09-3685.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

A case can be complex without being difficult and difficult without being complex—and it can also be both complex and difficult, yet difficult for reasons unrelated to its complexity. This case is complex because of multiple parties, four separate proceedings (a mixture of arbitrations and adjudications), a multitude of complex written instruments, and sprawling submissions—the parties...

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