"expired" doesn't mean you can't sue for infringement. For six years (someone check me on this), you can sue for infringements that happened while the patent was unexpired.
I seem to recall that you have to show intent to commercialize a patent in order to enforce it. Is that a thing, or just a bit of urban folklore that I picked up somewhere?
If I understand correctly not applicable here (patent expired after max duration of 20 years), but one facet of this is that in some cases you can buy a patent that is expired because the owner decided it wasn't worth to continue pay the extension fees and un-expire it by paying the fees retroactively.
What's going on with suing people under an expired patent?
Is there actually some legal ground here -- like can you sue them for their historical violation before it expired or something?