· 7/18/1986
Shepard Claims Service, Inc. v. William Darrah & Associates, a Foreign Corporation
Citations
- 796 F.2d 190
- 5 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 393
- 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 27296
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that \a default judgment can be entered ... by the judge after a hearing on damages \ (second emphasis added)
- explaining that “entry of default is just the first procedural step on the road to obtaining a default judgment”
- Explaining that “entry of default is just the first procedural step on the road to obtaining a default judgment.”
- Explaining that “entry of default is just the first procedural step on the road to obtaining a default judgment.”
- stating that “a default judgment can be entered . . . by the judge after a hearing on damages” (second emphasis added)
- noting that federal courts have “a strong preference for trials on the merits ....”
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Judges: Lively, Well-Ford, Nelson
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