So if the judges all had interlocking agreements, such that the loser in a trial could appeal the outcome for years on end, then people in a dispute wouldn't bother going to court in the first place.

所以如果法官们互相有连锁协议，比方说败诉一方可以申诉数年之久，那么当人们发生了矛盾，就压根不会想要上法庭解决。