Legal Opinion
Robert SWAIM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MOLTAN COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 8, 1996No. 94-3931PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff obtained a default judgment in an action for wrongful termination of employment. Defendant appeals from both the default judgment and the district court’s denial of its motion to vacate that judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 55(c) and 60(b). The question before us is whether either of these two decisions manifests an abuse of discretion. We find that the district court exercised sound discretion in entering the default judgment and in denying defendant’s motion for Rule 60(b) relief.
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Moltan Company, which is based in Memphis, Tennessee, markets petroleum…
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