Legal Opinion
Fred Traguth and Otto Handtke, Individually and Doing Business as Dance Motion Press v. D'LeLa Zuck
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 17, 1983No. 15, Dockets 82-7148, 82-7850PublishedCited by 1,413 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a default judgment entered against a pro se defendant in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Carter, J. Judgment was entered against D’Lela Zuck after she failed to file a timely answer or to obtain counsel within the time allotted her by the court for that purpose. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse and remand the case for further proceedings on the merits.
I
This case arises from a dispute between Fred Traguth and Otto Handtke, author and illustrator respectively, of the book Modern Jazz Dance, and…
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