United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 23-2833 LESTER SUMRALL and LESTER SUMRALL FAMILY TRUST, Defendants/Counterclaim Plaintiffs/Third- Party Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v. LESEA, INC., et al., Plaintiffs/Counterclaim Defendants/Third- Party Defendants-Appellees. ____________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division. No. 3:18-cv-00914 — Philip P. Simon, Judge. ____________________

ARGUED MAY 13, 2024 — DECIDED JUNE 12, 2024 ____________________

Before SCUDDER, ST. EVE, and PRYOR, Circuit Judges. ST. EVE, Circuit Judge. A family member may harbor a grudge for decades, not acting on a perceived injustice for many long years. He may not, however, turn to the courts for aid after such a long delay. Take this case: decades after a pa- triarch’s death, his son and grandson claim they shoul