Houston v. City of Bessemer

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• noting that Oregon public records indicated the dissolution of Old Curtis in April 1996, “before [plaintiffs corporation] and the BLM entered into any of the contracts upon which the complaint is based”
• “Plaintiff’s argument that [the corporation] is insolvent and its assets have been transferred to Mr. Curtis is an argument newly presented to the court.”
• “The court has discretion regarding whether to grant relief under Rule 60(b), ‘and the court may weigh equitable considerations in the exercise of its discretion.’ ”
• “[A] litigant, as a precondition to relief under Rule 60(b), must give the trial court reason to believe that vacating the judgment will not be an empty exercise.”
• “[A] litigant, as a precondition to relief under Rule 60(b), must give the trial court reason to believe that vacating the judgment will not be an empty exercise.”
• \Because the portions of RCFC 60(b) and Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure relevant to this case are identical ... the court looks to case law interpreting Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to interpret RCFC 60(b).\ (citations omitted)

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