Legal Opinion
William C. Shea v. Donohoe Construction Co., Inc
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 18, 1986No. 85-5931PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD.
WALD, Circuit Judge:
William C. Shea appeals from the District Court’s order denying his Rule 60(b) motion to reinstate his cause of action which the District Court had earlier dismissed because Shea’s attorneys had failed to attend three separate status calls within a three week period. On the record before us it appears that any neglect in this case is attributable only to Shea’s Boston counsel and the three local counsel that the Boston counsel successively employed; that there is no reason to believe that Shea was aware of the neglect; that…
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