Campbell v. Archer

How courts have described this case

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

• noting the party’s lack of fault in its decision to grant a new trial
• granting a new trial due to attorney mistake citing Rule 60.02 law
• “The function of [Rule 60] is to give relief from final judgments; Rule 59 ... is the appropriate remedy for asserting alleged errors affecting a judgment which has not yet become final.”
• “The function of [Rule 60] is to give relief from final judgments; Rule 59 ... is the appropriate remedy for asserting alleged errors affecting a judgment which has not yet become final.”
• defendants missed the bulk of trial due to mistake, inadvertence, or excusable neglect, rather than willful failure to appear, when their prior attorney and his office staff failed to note trial date
• “The function of [Rule 60] is to give relief from final 6 judgments; Rule 59 … is the appropriate remedy for asserting alleged errors affecting a judgment which has not yet become final.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).