Legal Opinion
Santiago Morales Rivera v. Sea Land of Puerto Rico, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 4, 1969No. 7359PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants, employees or former employees of defendants-appellees, brought suit in the Superior Court of Puerto Rico for back wages claimed to be due because of defendants’ failure to comply with Puerto Rico wage and hours legislation. Defendants removed to the District Court on the ground of diversity, where the action was eventually dismissed with prejudice for failure to prosecute. No appeal was taken. Nine months later plaintiffs filed a motion under F.R.Civ.P. 60(b) asking that the dismissal with prejudice be vacated and that the case be dismissed for lack…
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