Theodore R. Kupferman, as Receiver of Vickers, Christy & Co., Inc. v. Consolidated Research and Manufacturing Corporation, Daniel Jacobson

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• holding that counsel pursuing case with known complete defense could be fraudulent, where defense was unknown to the court, or, apparently, unknown to the defending parties
• holding that counsel pursuing case with known complete defense could be fraudulent, where defense was unknown to the court, or, apparently, unknown to the defending parties
• noting that otherwise the time limitation for Rule 60(b)(3) motions would be rendered “meaningless”
• concluding court could sua sponte vacate a judgment upon a finding of fraud
• “[A]n attorney[’s] . . . loyalty to the court, as an officer thereof, demands integrity and honest dealing with the court. And when he departs from that standard in the conduct of a case he perpetrates a fraud upon the court.”
• noting the Second Circuit adopted Moore’s formulation

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