Legal Opinion
Appleton Electric Company v. Graves Truck Line, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 2, 1980No. 79-1640PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN W. PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal considers whether 282 default judgments taken against appellant in a class action suit are void due to lack of subject matter jurisdiction or because the damages awarded exceeded the amount prayed for in plaintiff’s demand for relief. And, if the first two issues are answered in the negative, whether the trial court abused its discretion in not setting aside a number of the default judgments that appellant contends come within the purview of Rule 60(b)5, Fed.R.Civ.P.
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This case arises out of overcharges made pursuant to a tariff filed with the…
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