Teresa F. Burrell v. Margaret Henderson, Communication Workers of America, Local 4310

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the Union Coin Meter culpability factor overlaps with Rule 60(b)(1)’s mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect requirement
• finding the culpability element was met where the defendant diligently, but improperly, tried to respond and the defendant did not have notice of the default proceedings
• listing potential reasons a delay may qualify as sufficient prejudice under Rules 55(c) and 60(b)
• “Delay in adjudicating a plaintiff’s claim does not qualify as sufficient prejudice under Rule 55.”
• court vacated default when defendant moved to set aside less than three weeks after clerk’s entry
• “Court apply Rule 60(b)(1) ‘equitably and liberally . . . to achieve substantial justice.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).