· 5/29/2008
Doe v. District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department
Citations
- 948 A.2d 1210
- 2008 D.C. App. LEXIS 254
- 2008 WL 2199370
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the trial court erred in denying plaintiff’s Rule 60(b)(4) motion without at least a hearing when the evidence “called into question” whether plaintiff had ever received the defendant’s motion for summary judgment
- the trial court “should not have regarded [the] Rule 60(b) motion as unreasonably delayed” when the appellant never received timely notice of the court’s summary judgment ruling
- “Generally, a party may not rely upon a failure to receive notice of the entry of final judgment as a basis for relief from that judgment under Super. Ct. Civ. R. 60(b).”
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Judges: Farrell, Thompson, Belson
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