· 2/23/1939
Hughes v. James Mcwilliams Blue Line
Citations
- 26 F. Supp. 575
- 1939 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2970
How courts have described this case
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- noting that “courts in this Circuit routinely recognize that a defendant need only ‘meet a low threshold’ to satisfy [the meritorious defense] factor” and collecting cases
- finding allegation that defendant did not owe the money in question sufficient to constitute a meritorious defense
- “[T]he Court finds that [defendants] have waived th[e] defense [of improper venue] by their default.”
- in context of motion to vacate default, noting that copies of checks cashed by plaintiff alleging improper compensation is “type of evidence which, if submitted and proven credible at trial, ‘would constitute a complete defense’”
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Judges: Galston
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