Lock Realty Corporation IX v. Americare Living Centers III,, No. 14-1313 (7th Cir. 2014)

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2 1 NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION To be cited only in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 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 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division. LOCK REALTY CORPORATION IX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICARE LIVING CENTERS III, LLC, et al., Defendants-Appellees. 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). No. 14-1313 Page 2 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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