· 5/11/1955
Warren W. Tarkington v. United States Lines Company
Citations
- 222 F.2d 358
- 1955 U.S. App. LEXIS 4805
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a motion for a new trial based on a conflict between a district court ruling and a subsequent Supreme Court decision should be construed as a Rule 60(b) motion to vacate based on mistake of law
- a Supreme Court decision handed down after the district court initially entered judgment indicated that the district court had erred; Rule 60(b
- change in the law by decision of a higher court after the judgment held to require trial court to correct its “mistake” in applying former law
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Judges: Clark, Frank, Hincks
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