· 4/6/1995
Milton B. Russell v. Delco Remy Division of General Motors Corporation, Saegertown Manufacturing Company and Jordan Chalmer
Citations
- 51 F.3d 746
- 32 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 224
- 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 7690
- 66 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 43,512
- 67 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 673
- 1995 WL 149393
How courts have described this case
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- stating that courts should not consider a Rule 60(b) motion if doing so would “circumvent the ordinary time limitation for filing a notice of appeal.”
- “[T]he rule may not be used to raise novel legal theories that a party had the ability to address in the first instance.”
- “Rule 60(b) . . . is not an appropriate vehicle for addressing simple legal error; otherwise, a party could circumvent the ordinary time limitation for filing a notice of appeal.”
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Judges: Posner, Cudahy, Grant
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