A man who got so annoyed with his dry cleaners over missing pants has sued the owners for $65 million. The case has disheartened the South Korean immigrant owners of the dry clean business so much that they are now considering moving back to their native land.

It has been seven years since Jin Nam Chung, Ki Chung and their son, Soo Chung opened their dry-cleaning business in the nation's capital but the lawsuit filed by a District of Columbia administrative hearings judge, Roy Pearson, who has been representing himself in the case, has left them dejected.

AP quotes the court documents as saying that the problem began in May 2005 when Pearson became a judge and brought several suits for alterations to Custom Cleaners in Washington.

He found a pair of pants from one suit was missing when he requested it two days later and asked the cleaners for the full price of the suit: more than $1,000. However, the Chungs found the pants a week later and refused to pay.

But Pearson, who declined to own those pants saying it was someone else's, decided to sue the cleaners then. According to the attorney for the Chungs, the cleaners have made three settlement offers to Pearson: $3,000, then $4,600, then $12,000.

But a dissatisfied Pearson expanded his calculations beyond one pair of pants as he said he was forced to use another drycleaner not in his neighborhood. He asked his lawsuit for $15,000 - the cost of renting a car every weekend for 10 years to go to another business.

It has also been found that the pants provided by drycleaners match his inseam measurements. Also, the ticket on the pants matches his receipt. The case is set for trial June 11.