Hamm v. Massachusetts

How courts have described this case

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• affirming denial of defendant’s request for relief under Rule 60(b) where plaintiff died after verdict but before judgment
• the meritorious claim or defense requirement of Rule 60(b) ensures that granting relief from judgment will not, in the end, have been a futile gesture
• “Under all the provisions of Rule 60(b), a threshold condition for granting relief is that the movant demonstrate that granting that relief will not in the end have been a futile gesture . . . .”
• “Under all the provisions of Rule 60(b), a threshold condition for granting the relief is that the movant demonstrate that granting that relief will not in the end have been a futile gesture, by showing that she has a meritorious defense or claim.”
• “Under all the provisions of Rule 60(b), a threshold condition for granting the relief is that the movant demonstrate that granting that relief will not in the end have been a futile gesture, by showing that she has a meritorious defense or claim.”
• “Under all the provisions of Rule 60(b), a threshold condition for granting the relief is that the movant demonstrate that granting that relief will not in the end have been a futile gesture, by showing that she has a meritorious defense or claim.”

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