Laurence E. Randall v. Merrill Lynch

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “Rule 60(b)(6) can be used to vacate voluntary dismissals resulting in final judgments”
• concluding that the plaintiff’s second voluntary dismissal, which “operated as an adjudication on the merits, [ ] was a ‘final judgment’ under Rule 60(b)”
• comparing Ackermann with Klapprott, court held that a combination of illness and financial hardship constituted extraordinary circumstances justifying Rule 60(b)(6) relief

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

47 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Twelve John Does v. District of Columbia Appeal of Edwin A. Meese, Iii, Attorney General of the United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1988-03-28· cited 256×
• National Credit Union Administration Board v. Rosalind D. Gray, Administratrix of the Estate of Herman Wilson
  Fourth Circuit· 1993-08-13· cited 161×
• Janssen v. Harris
  Tenth Circuit· 2003-02-25· cited 94×
• Salazar Ex Rel. Salazar v. District of Columbia
  D.C. Circuit· 2011-02-08· cited 94×
• Swift, Susan v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 2003-02-11· cited 84×
• Summers, Frank v. Howard University
  D.C. Circuit· 2004-07-16· cited 64×
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners v. Operative Plasterers' & Cement Masons' International Ass'n
  D.C. Circuit· 2013-07-05· cited 50×
• Geberegeorgis v. Gammarino (In Re Geberegeorgis)
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-05-24· cited 43×
• Warfield v. AlliedSignal TBS Holdings, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-10-05· cited 43×
• Schmier v. McDonald's LLC
  Tenth Circuit· 2009-06-26· cited 40×
• Harrington v. Sessions
  D.C. Circuit· 2017-07-21· cited 35×
• Sack v. Central Intelligence Agency
  District of Columbia· 2014-07-10· cited 34×
• In Re Adrienne S. Wolf and Gertrude R. Shenk
  D.C. Circuit· 1988-03-22· cited 29×
• Infiniti Information Solutions, LLC v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2010-07-29· cited 24×
• In re Korean Air Lines Disaster of September 1, 1983
  District of Columbia· 1994-07-01· cited 23×
• Reggie White v. National Football League
  Eighth Circuit· 2014-06-20· cited 22×
• In Re Hunter
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-09-27· cited 21×
• Devino v. Duncan
  S.D. New York· 2002-08-13· cited 18×
• Feature Realty, Inc. v. KIRKPATRICK & LOCKHART PRESTON GATES ELLIS
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-08-09· cited 17×
• Inland Concrete Enterprises, Inc. v. Kraft
  C.D. California· 2016-08-24· cited 17×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ackermann v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1950-12-11· cited 1,471×
• Klapprott v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1949-01-17· cited 1,144×
• Werner v. Carbo
  Fourth Circuit· 1984-04-04· cited 196×
• Good Luck Nursing Home, Inc. D/B/A Magnolia Gardens Nursing Home v. Patricia R. Harris, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
  D.C. Circuit· 1980-08-20· cited 194×
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. v. Dunnahoo
  Ninth Circuit· 1981-02-02· cited 97×
• Edward O. Thorp v. John Scarne and Simon & Schuster, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1979-06-06· cited 91×
• Southern Pacific Communications Company v. American Telephone & Telegraph Company
  D.C. Circuit· 1984-07-31· cited 68×
• D. C. Electronics, Inc. v. Nartron Corp. And Norma Rautiola
  Sixth Circuit· 1975-02-21· cited 61×
• Raymond Washington v. Clayton Penwell
  Ninth Circuit· 1983-03-03· cited 57×
• Randall v. Lynch
  District of Columbia· 1986-05-15· cited 5×
• Lynch v. Randall
  E.D. North Carolina· 1986-01-03· cited 5×