Legal Opinion
United States v. Melvin P. Deutsch
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 9, 1992No. 91-2753PublishedCited by 183 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Melvin Deutsch appeals the district court’s refusal to reconsider a prior ruling. We affirm because the motion to reconsider was untimely, depriving the district court of jurisdiction. Along the way we attempt to clarify the law regarding the characterization of motions under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 59(e) and 60(b).
I. BACKGROUND
In November of 1987 police officers, acting on information from officials in the Eastern District of New York, executed a search warrant at Deutsch’s business office in Northbrook, Illinois. The officers seized several Xerox brand…
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