Legal Opinion
Luis Pagan v. American Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 5, 1976No. 75-1268PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the district court denying appellant’s Rule 60(b) motion filed more than two months after the court entered a judgment approving a stipulation for settlement.
Unlike most legal actions for money damages, this case is not focused upon the issue of liability or the trial proceedings. The basic question presented by this appeal is whether the settlement of appellant’s case constituted an effective and valid termination of the litigation which had been pending approximately four months before the settlement was made.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Hand v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Isaac Horace, Administrator of Estate of Sadie Horace, Deceased v. St. Louis Southwestern Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Wagner v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
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- V. T. A., Inc. v. Airco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
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