Ruby Helm v. Resolution Trust Corporation, as Receiver for Great American Savings of Oak Park

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Ruby Helm’s suit against the Resolution Trust Corporation was dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The district court further denied Helm’s “Motion to Reconsider” the dismissal. Helm appeals both the dismissal of her suit and the denial of her motion. Because Helm’s motion should have been considered under Fed.R.CivJP. 60(b), rather than Rule 59(e), we vacate the denial of the motion and remand for the district court to consider it further.

I. Background

Ruby Helm owned an apartment budding in Chicago, on which she took out a bank mortgage. The bank that held…