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· 7/13/1987

Sheldon Lovelace v. Acme Markets, Inc

Citations

  • 820 F.2d 81

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that, when “delay is the result of inadvertence of counsel, it need not be excused” and that plaintiff’s counsel was not justified in relying on the misrepresentation of specially appointed process server that process had been served on defendant
  • finding \misplaced reliance upon the word of the specially-appointed process server\
  • finding no good cause where the plaintiff did not pursue alternative means to effect timely service
  • finding no good cause where the plaintiff did not pursue alternative means to effect timely service
  • finding \misplaced reliance upon the word of the specially- appointed process server\
  • finding “misplaced reliance upon the word of the specially-appointed process server”

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Judges: Gibbons, Mansmann, McCUNE

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