Legal Opinion
Nelson v. Board of County Commissioners
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 16, 2019No. 17-2199PublishedCited by 203 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BACHARACH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal grew out of a dilemma for the district court: How was it to resolve the tension between the desire to correct what it saw as a prior error and constraints on the court's power to rule on repetitive motions? The dilemma arose from a second motion to alter or amend a civil judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e).
The defendants ultimately filed two motions based on this rule, but they were decided by different judges. After the first judge denied the first motion, he retired and the court reassigned the case to another judge. The defendants then…
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