Legal Opinion

Gray v. John Jovino Co.

District Court, E.D. Tennessee

Decided June 1, 1979No. CIV-2-78-172PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NEESE, District Judge.

The parties tendered to the Court a proposed agreed order setting-aside the entry of the defendant’s default herein of April 6, 1979. Good cause for setting-aside such default not having been shown, the Court declines to enter said order.

This Court is authorized to set aside the entry of a default “ * * * [f]or *47good cause shown * * Rule 55(c), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. While this Court construes Rule 55(c), supra, liberally to provide relief from the onerous consequences of a default, Johnson v. Harper, D.C.Tenn. (1975), 66 F.R.D. 103, 104,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Smith v. KincaidCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1957
  2. Ferraro v. Arthur M. Rosenberg Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
  3. Johnson v. HarperDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1975
  4. Kennerly v. Aro, Inc.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1977

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Martinez v. Colombian Emeralds, Inc.Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2009
  2. Advanced Communication Design, Inc. v. Premier Retail Networks, Inc.District Court, D. Minnesota · 2002
  3. State v. NunezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1999
  4. State v. NunezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1999
  5. United States v. KramerDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2025

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