Legal Opinion
Ungar v. Palestine Liberation Organization
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 24, 2010No. 09-1778PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal turns on the question of whether there is a categorical rule that a party whose strategic choices lead to the entry of a default judgment is precluded as a matter of law from later obtaining relief from that judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6). The district court thought that precedent required it to apply such a categorical bar and, on that basis, it denied relief. Estates of Ungar v. Palestinian Auth. (Ungar III), 613 F.Supp.2d 219, 229, 231 (D.R.I.2009). We conclude that no categorical bar applies. Accordingly, we vacate the order…
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