Legal Opinion
Indian Head National Bank of Nashua v. Richard Brunelle, U.S. Marshal for the District of New Hampshire, and Conproco Corporation, Ipa Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 9, 1982No. 82-1098PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises an important question of judicial administration. Where a federal court, having personal jurisdiction of the parties, entered a default judgment, never appealed, which was then registered in another federal jurisdiction for enforcement purposes, should the registration court have deferred to the court of rendition on an application for relief from the judgment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)? Although it acknowledged that usually the court of rendition is the preferable forum to determine whether relief should be granted, the United States District Court…
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