Legal Opinion

Matter of Urrutia

District Court, D. Puerto Rico

Decided July 16, 1990No. Civ. 88-1835PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

FUSTE, District Judge.

Appellant, the law firm of Otero Suro & Otero Suro, has filed a motion seeking relief from our judgment of May 15, 1990, 114 B.R. 342, because it inadvertently omitted legal grounds for relief in the original appeal from the decision of the bankruptcy court. Because we find that the grounds raised in the current motion shed new light on the bankruptcy court opinion, we withdraw our earlier order and grant appellant’s request for relief from that judgment.

Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) allows a court to relieve a party from a final judgment for mistake, inadvertence,…

2Cases cited14 opinions

Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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In the Matter of Triangle Chemicals, Inc., Debtor. Darryl Fanelli v. Nelson T. Hensley, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
In Re RobertsUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Utah · 1985
In re Hydrocarbon Chemicals, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969

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