Lock Realty Corporation Ix v. Americare Living Centers Iii, LLC

United States Court of Appeals
For the Seventh Circuit
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Submitted June 10, 2014∗
Decided June 12, 2014
Before
DIANE P. WOOD, Chief Judge
WILLIAM J. BAUER, Circuit Judge
FRANK H. EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge
No. 14-1313
LOCK REALTY CORPORATION IX,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
AMERICARE LIVING CENTERS III, LLC, et al.,
Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United
States District Court for the
Northern District of Indiana,
South Bend Division.
No. 3:13cv994
William C. Lee, Judge.
Order
Last year we issued an opinion that began: “These appeals represent the end of the
line for a long-­‐‑running dispute over a nursing-­‐‑home lease between Lock Realty
Corporation IX (the lessor) and U.S. Health (the lessee) and Americare (the lessee’s
assignee).” Lock Realty Corp. IX v. U.S. Health, L.P., 707 F.3d 764, 766 (7th Cir. 2013). Lock
Realty did not see things that way. It promptly filed another suit concerning the same
lease. The suit was removed to federal court and dismissed as barred by claim
∗ This successive appeal has been submitted to the original panel under Operating Procedure 6(b). After
examining the briefs and the record, we have concluded that oral argument is unnecessary. See Fed. R.
App. P. 34(a); Cir. R. 34(f).
NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION
To be cited only in accordance with
Fed. R. App. P. 32.1

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preclusion (res judicata). 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4329 (N.D. Ind. Jan. 13, 2014). Lock Realty
has appealed.
It is enough to repeat what we said last year: Our decision was “the end” for this
dispute, and Lock Realty should have left well enough alone. For substantially the
reasons given by the district court, the judgment is affirmed.

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