Melvin Sutherland v. Itt Continental Baking Co., Inc.

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• explaining that a plaintiff who voluntarily chooses his counsel cannot avoid the negative consequences of that free choice
• “Rule 60(b) has never been a vehicle for relief because of an attorney's incompetence or carelessness.”
• attorney carelessness is not \excusable neglect\ under Rule 60(b)
• attorney carelessness is not \excusable neglect\ under Rule 60(b)
• attorney carelessness is not “excusable neglect”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).