Webb v. Erickson

How courts have described this case

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

• granting relief where the defaulting garnishee had extensive personal issues in the months before the complaint filed and thought the summons didn’t apply to him
• “the reason for setting aside the [judgment or order under subsection (6)] must not be one of the reasons set forth in the five preceding clauses”
• purpose of clause (6) to grant equitable relief “whenever the circumstances are extraordinary and justice requires”
• purpose of clause (6) to grant equitable relief “whenever the circumstances are extraordinary and justice requires”
• relief under Rule 60(b)(6) cannot be based on a ground for which relief is available under Rule 60(b)(1-5)
• “The need for finality . . . must give way in extraordinary circumstances,” including “extraordinary circumstances of hardship or injustice[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).