Legal Opinion

Frank Daniels v. Pipefitters' Association Local Union No. 597

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided January 8, 1993No. 91-3791PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Frank Daniels won a judgment against Pipefitters’ Local Union No. 597 (the “Union”) for racial discrimination. In the course of settlement proceedings in another case, one of Daniels’ witnesses told the Union that he would say that he had perjured himself at the trial. The Union then filed a Rule 60(b)(2) motion for a new trial (Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b)(2)). At the hearing on the Rule 60(b)(2) motion the witness who had allegedly committed perjury invoked his Fifth Amendment right to silence. The district court found that the statements that the witness had made to…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Baxter v. PalmigianoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. United States Ex Rel. Bilokumsky v. TodSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  3. Walter L. Peacock v. The Board of School Commissioners of the City of IndianapolisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  4. United States v. Frank Walus, A/K/A Franciszek WalusCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
  5. Frank Daniels, Cross-Appellant v. Pipefitters' Association Local Union No. 597, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991

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3Cited by43 opinions

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  3. Rivera v. GuevaraDistrict Court, E.D. Illinois · 2018
  4. Cory D. Chan, Cross-Appellee v. Edward S. Wodnicki, Individually and in His Former Capacity as Deputy Superintendent of the Chicago Police DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
  5. Thomas E. Harris v. City of Chicago and Alex D. Ramos, Officer, Individually, and as a Police Officer for the City of Chicago, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001

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