· 3/5/1998
James Perkins v. U S West Communications
Citations
- 138 F.3d 336
- 40 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 53
- 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 3734
- 72 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 45,233
- 76 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 411
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Rule 68 leaves no discretion in the district court to do anything other than enter judgment once an offer of judgment has been accepted.”
- “Rule 68 leaves no discretion in the district court to do anything other than enter judgment once an offer of judgment has been accepted.”
- “Rule 68 leaves no discretion in the district court to do anything other than enter judgment once an offer of judgment has been accepted.”
- “We conclude that the plain language of Rule 68 mandates that an offer of judgment remain valid and open for acceptance for the full ten-day period outlined in the Rule despite an intervening grant of summary judgment by the district court.”
- standard of review for Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) motion
- stating standard of review is de novo
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Bowman, Bright, Jones
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