Bowers v. Board of Appeals of Marshfield

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• 'Notwithstanding the powerful interest in finality of judgments, a motion for relief from a judgment which was void from its inception lies without limitation of time'
• “[Consent judgments] are a useful device to resolve disputes and are as much an adjudication for purposes of applying the principle of judgment preclusion as any other final judgment.”
• appropriate for a public authority to use Rule 60(b)(6) to secure relief from a consent judgment that contained a restriction it lacked the power to impose
• allegedly erroneous judgment \is not susceptible to attack as void\

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