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· 6/10/1976

The Sea Ranch Association v. California Coastal Zone Conservation Commissions

Citations

  • 537 F.2d 1058
  • 21 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 1437
  • 1976 U.S. App. LEXIS 8616

How courts have described this case

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

  • construing a motion as one brought under Rule 59 when it “requested relief which 21 might have been granted” pursuant to said Rule
  • construing a motion styled as an FRCP 59(e) motion as an FRCP 60(a) motion because the court’s amendment memorialized a prior oral ruling, and was thus a correction óf a clerical error properly addressed under FRCP 60(a)
  • motion filed three days after entry of judgment which sought reconsideration and clarification under Rule 60(b) deemed to be a motion under Rule 59(e)
  • motion filed three days after entry of judgment which sought reconsideration and clarification under Rule 60(b) deemed to be a motion under Rule 59(e)
  • abstention appropriate when confronted with the uncertain application of a state statute
  • “[N]omenclature is not 23 controlling.”

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Judges: Barnes, Browning, Wright

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