In Re Frigitemp Corporation.

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• noting that Rules 59 and 60 balance inherent tension between justice and finality, and “[t]o these ends, these Rules ... place varying limitations on the time within which such motions may be made”
• noting that while plaintiffs motion for an amended judgment to add prejudgment interest was improper under Rule 60(a) based on the facts, it successfully could have moved under Rule 59(e) or Rule 60(b)
• noting that while plaintiff's motion for an amended judgment to add prejudgment interest was improper under Rule 60(a) based on the facts, it successfully could have moved under Rule 59(e) or Rule 60(b)
• canvassing some of the ways in which the Federal Rules balance the value of finality with the value of accuracy in the adjudication of rights
• noting that Rule 60(a) is the proper vehicle for correcting a judgment in order to provide an award of prejudgment interest where, among other things, governing law would make the interest award automatic or the district court clearly intended to make the interest award in its prior order
• noting that Rule 60(a) is the proper vehicle for correcting a judgment in order to provide an award of prejudgment interest where, among other things, governing law would make the interest award automatic or the district court clearly intended to make the interest award in its prior order

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