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· 2/21/1968

Benjamin Polycarpo Soley v. The Star & Herald Co.

Citations

  • 390 F.2d 364
  • 11 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 97
  • 1968 U.S. App. LEXIS 7979

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing the general rule which permits judicial notice of a court's prior cases to support a motion for summary judgment, but reversing because in his order, the trial judge made no specific reference to the basis for his grant of summary judgment
  • in motion to set aside judgment, court could take judicial notice of its own records in related litigation
  • “Federal rules . . . were not promulgated to trap unwary litigants.”
  • error to overlook factual issue

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Judges: Rives, Goldberg, Ainsworth

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