Pants Lawsuit Appeal

He is not yet ready to hang up his suit. The Washington D.C. administrative law judge who lost a 54 million dollar lawsuit against his dry cleaners over a missing pair of trousers is planning to appeal.

Roy Pearson filed the court papers today, although there don't appear to be any new arguments compared to the case he lost in June.

The trouble began in 2005 when Pearson went to pick up his pants from the cleaners and was told they were missing. The cleaners said they were found a week later, but Pearson claims they weren't his and he decided to sue. The lawsuit originally demanded 67 million

but was reduced to 54 million.

The attorney for the couple who owns the cleaning business says his clients were hoping Pearson would drop the appeal. They agreed to withdraw their demand that he pay their legal fees for the first trial.