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· 8/17/1977

Ben Sager Chemicals International, Inc. v. E. Targosz & Co., and Thorson Chemical Corp.

Citations

  • 560 F.2d 805
  • 23 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 1580
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 11952

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  • noting that plaintiff failed to elicit testimony from former counsel to support allegations that counsel was preoccupied with personal problems
  • “[njeither ignorance nor carelessness on the part of a litigant or his attorney provide grounds for relief under Rule 60(b)(1)”
  • \ 'Rule 60(b) provides for extraordinary relief and may be invoked only upon a showing of exceptional circumstances.' \
  • relief from default judgment properly denied where default was based on counsel’s failure to comply with discovery
  • ignorance or carelessness of client or attorney do not constitute grounds for reopening judgment under Rule 60(b)(1), Fed.R.Civ.P.
  • “ ‘Rule 60(b) provides for extraordinary relief and may be invoked only upon a showing of exceptional circumstances.’ ”

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Judges: Pell, Tone, Wood

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