Legal Opinion
Xerox Financial Services Life Insurance v. High Plains Ltd. Partnership
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 17, 1995No. 94-1382, 94-1456PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal has its origin in a settlement agreement that purported to resolve the claims and counterclaims of approximately a dozen corporations, partnerships, and other business entities in at least four separate lawsuits. The settlement went awry; and one side sought to enforce consent judgments filed as part of the settlement. The subject of those judgments sought to undo them and now appeals from the district court’s denial of his efforts.
I. THE HISTORY
The appellant Marshall S. Sterman (“Ster-man”) and his now-deceased partner Lester Grant owned or controlled a…
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