Galvan v. Norberg

How courts have described this case

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• finding that the district court had authority to consider a motion to reconsider a new trial order in part because the order was not appealable
• noting that “a traditional Rule 59(e) motion to reconsider … can only follow a ‘judgment’”
• stating that “Rule 54(b) governs non- final orders and permits revision at any time prior to the entry of final judgment”
• explaining that the court has discretionary authority to reconsider a non-final order under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b)
• noting that “a traditional Rule 59(e) motion to reconsider . . . can only follow a ‘judgment’ ”
• explaining that reassigned judges should “abide by the rulings of the first judge unless some new development, such as a new appellate decision, convinces him that his predecessor’s ruling was incorrect”

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