Lockwood v. Bowles

How courts have described this case

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

• “[W]e believe the better view to be that where the court or its officers are not involved, there is no fraud upon the court within the meaning of Rule 60(b).”
• “[I]n order to set aside a judgment . . . because of fraud upon the court . . . it is necessary to show an unconscionable plan or scheme which is designed to improperly influence the court in its decision.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Martha Ann Brundage Rozier v. Ford Motor Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-07-31· cited 451×
• Valerio v. Boise Cascade Corp.
  N.D. California· 1978-04-06· cited 130×
• Herring v. United States
  Third Circuit· 2005-09-22· cited 73×
• Sahin v. Sahin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-11-21· cited 68×
• In the Matter of Whitney-Forbes, Inc., an Illinois Corporation, Debtor. Appeal of David Coar, as Successor to Avrum Dannen, Trustee
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-08-16· cited 55×
• United States v. International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.
  D. Connecticut· 1972-09-06· cited 51×
• Paternity of Cheryl
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-04-24· cited 48×
• Tri-Cran, Inc. v. Fallon (In Re Tri-Cran, Inc.)
  D. Massachusetts· 1989-03-17· cited 40×
• Pina v. McGill Development Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-02-14· cited 40×
• Winthrop Corp. v. Lowenthal
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1990-08-28· cited 36×
• Unnamed case
  Fourth Circuit· 1982-04-12· cited 35×
• Allen v. Bussell
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-12-29· cited 34×
• Synanon Church v. United States
  District of Columbia· 1984-03-08· cited 33×
• Cvitanovich-Dubie v. Dubie
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2011-06-22· cited 32×
• Gifford v. Bowling
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1972-09-06· cited 31×
• Kelley v. Kelley
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2000-08-03· cited 30×
• Wojcicki v. Caragher
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-07-11· cited 30×
• Wooster v. Wooster
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1987-01-07· cited 28×
• State v. Alaska Continental Development Corp.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1980-12-31· cited 26×
• Mr. G v. Mrs. G
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1995-10-30· cited 26×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ackermann v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1950-12-11· cited 1,471×
• Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co.
  Supreme Court· 1944-05-15· cited 1,010×
• A. P. Smith Manufacturing Co. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1967-01-09· cited 197×
• William H. Kenner and Eleanor v. Kenner v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  Seventh Circuit· 1968-02-27· cited 126×
• John O. England, Trustee of the Estate of Irene Mansfeldt, Bankrupt v. Morgan J. Doyle
  Ninth Circuit· 1960-08-11· cited 114×
• Root Refining Co. v. Universal Oil Products Co.
  Third Circuit· 1948-07-06· cited 106×
• Abraham v. Ordway
  Supreme Court· 1895-05-20· cited 74×
• The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, a Corporation v. Porter Barrett
  Ninth Circuit· 1957-08-06· cited 72×
• Martina Theatre Corporation v. Schine Chain Theatres, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1960-05-13· cited 70×
• Swalley v. Addressograph-Multigraph Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1949-01-17· cited 44×
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Abbott
  Fourth Circuit· 1942-08-18· cited 43×
• Dowdy v. Hawfield. Dowdy v. Hawfield
  D.C. Circuit· 1951-03-01· cited 29×
• Winchester Manufacturing Co. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1939-12-18· cited 29×
• Universal Oil Products Co. v. William Whitman Co.
  Supreme Court· 1949-01-17· cited 27×
• Dausuel v. Dausuel
  D.C. Circuit· 1952-03-13· cited 18×
• Peacock Records, Inc. v. Checker Records, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1966-07-26· cited 16×
• Art Metal Works, Inc. v. Abraham & Straus, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1939-11-20· cited 14×
• Jungersen v. Axel Bros.
  S.D. New York· 1954-03-31· cited 5×