Legal Opinion
Mildred A. McLearn v. Cowen & Co. And Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 28, 1981No. 1465, Docket 81-7146PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiff, Mildred A. McLearn, appeals from a 1980 order of the Southern District of New York that denied her motion under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(a) to clarify a 1976 judgment dismissing her complaint. Plaintiff sought clarification that the dismissal of her cause of action under state law was not on the merits so that she would be free to pursue that claim under state law in the New York state courts. The district court denied plaintiff’s motion, finding no omission subject to relief under Rule 60(a) and, alternatively, that the plaintiff’s state law claim had been…
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