International Painters & Allied Trades Union & Industry Pension Fund v. H.W. Ellis Painting Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• “The court has discretion to deny a motion to vacate if it is persuaded that the default was willful and that the defaulting party has no meritorious defenses.” (citations omitted)
• “The boundary of willfulness lies somewhere between a case involving a negligent filing error, which is normally considered an excusable failure to response, and a deliberate decision to default, which is generally not excusable.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).