· 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
How courts have described this case
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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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