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Two and a half years after John Gordon sued over the city's troubled lease for the high-rise, a new ruling has ended the case, for now. His lawyers plan to appeal.

The judge made no immediate final decision. He had issued a tentative ruling dismissing the last defendant earlier this week.

Tentative ruling scheduled to be debated in Superior Court at Friday hearing

The amended complaints, which seek to recover the $9.4 million that broker Jason Hughes was paid as well as punitive damages, came three weeks after a judge suggested the city rewrite its claims.

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Lawyers for real estate broker Jason Hughes have argued that the city's settlement with two other defendants, Cisterra and CGA Capital, also included him.

Decision upholds tentative ruling from earlier in the week; one defendant remains in the case

The tentative ruling Wednesday will be debated at a Friday hearing.

Lawyers for the plaintiff, John Gordon, say they plan to appeal.

Superior Court Judge Joel Wohlfeil, who rejected the request in a tentative ruling, took the matter under submission after a Friday hearing.