Pants Lawsuit Back in Court

Remember when we told you that Roy Pearson, he of the $54 million missing pants lawsuit, was refusing to fade away quietly and heading back to court to press his appeal? Well today's the big day! Looks like the AP has a reporter at the D.C. Court of Appeals, so we'll be waiting patiently to find out whether the three-judge appellate court panel could possibly agree to overturn the lower court ruling and order a new trial for Pearson.

If Pearson somehow wins this appeal, the case would likely be re-tried by the DC Superior Court. If he loses, this should actually be the last we hear of the pants case.

For those of you who somehow missed the entire Pearson Pants saga, click through our extensive archives on the subject. But the basic story is that Pearson, a former administrative law judge, accused the Chung family, former owners of Custom Cleaners, of losing a pair of his pants. He then filed suit against them for $67 million (although he later reduced the amount $54 million), and, as you might have guessed, lost. Pearson later also lost his judgeship as a result of the case.

The Wall Street Journal's Law Blog and other local media outlets are also following the appeals hearing today, so stay tuned.