Information Systems and Networks Corporation v. The United States

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that it was an abuse of discretion to enter default judgment against a party that had failed to file an answer, when that party had otherwise “diligently pursued” the case
• stating that it is \well-established ... that a trial on the merits is favored over default judgment\
• reversing, as an abuse of the trial court’s discretion, the entry of a default judgment against a party that failed to file an answer
• “While subsection (6) requires a showing of ‘extraordinary circumstances,’ subsections (1) and (6) of Rule 60(b) ‘are mutually exclusive,’ and the required show- ing of extraordinary circumstances under subsection (6) does not apply to . . . subsection (1).” (citations omitted)
• “While subsection (6) requires a showing of ‘extraordinary circumstances,’ subsections (1) and (6) of Rule 60(b) ‘are mutually exclusive,’ and the required showing of extraordinary circumstances under subsection (6) does not apply to . . . subsection 6 (1).” (citations omitted)
• applying excusable neglect under our predecessor court’s identical rule

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).