Walter L. Compton, Jr. v. Alton Steamship Company, Inc.

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• stating that motions \under 60(b)on any ground other than that the judgment is void\ are reviewed for abuse of discretion
• stating that a district court has “the power in certain restricted circumstances to vacate judgments whenever such action is appropriate to accomplish justice.” (internal quotations and citations omitted)
• declining to resolve whether district court’s error constituted “mistake” under Rule 60(b)(1) because relief was available under Rule 60(b)(6)
• noting Rule 60(b) has invested federal courts “with the power in certain restricted circumstances to ‘vacate judgments whenever such action is appropriate to accomplish justice’”
• declining to resolve whether district court’s error constituted “mistake” under Rule 60(b)(1) because relief was available under Rule 60(b)(6)
• declining to resolve whether district court’s error constituted “mistake” under Rule 60(b)(1) because relief was available under Rule 60(b)(6)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).