Legal Opinion
Jessica T. And Halver L. Moolenaar v. Government of the Virgin Islands and Virgin Islands Port Authority. Appeal of Government of the Virgin Islands
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 27, 1987No. 86-3301PublishedCited by 188 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises the question of whether, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b)(6), a dis trict court may reopen a final judgment assertedly based on an incorrect set of facts, where the plaintiffs’ attorney allegedly possessed but did not present, and the Government’s trial attorney should have received but by virtue of an honest mistake did not receive, evidence of the actual facts. In Moolenaar v. Government of the Virgin Islands, 729 F.2d 1448 (3d Cir.1984) (memorandum opinion) [Moolenaar I ], we affirmed the district court's finding of “mutual…
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