Legal Opinion
Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Delaware Corporation v. Progress Rail Services Corporation, an Alabama Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 10, 2001No. 00-3033PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Progress Rail Services Corporation moved in the district court under Fed. R.Civ.P. 60(b)(1) to set aside a default judgment against it after belatedly realizing that it had failed to answer a complaint filed by Union Pacific Railroad Company. Progress Rail explained in its motion that it neglected to file the answer because of a recording error by its legal department. The district court denied the motion. Progress Rail appeals the denial, arguing that the district court erred because it did not take into account some important and relevant considerations…
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