HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:
The fifteen-year history of this case, arising from the collapse of a real estate transaction, both complicates and clarifies this appeal. It complicates because the record exceeds 10,000 pages, and spans a trial, an appeal, a remand, and a second trial. It clarifies because more than a decade of litigation has narrowed the issues open to us.
One issue in particular dominated the parties' briefs and oral argument: whether the decision...
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