Legal Opinion

A.D. Weiss Lithograph Company, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Plaintiff v. Illinois Adhesive Products Company

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided April 15, 1983No. 82-2694, 82-2498PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Per curiam

We have consolidated two appeals that require resolution of the recurring question whether to characterize motions for reconsideration as either Rule 59(e) or Rule 60(b) motions under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

On August 12, 1982, the district court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment and ordered the complaint dismissed. Judgment pursuant to the order was entered on August 19, and on August 31, within 10 days of being served with the judgment, the plaintiff filed with the district court, purportedly under Rule 59(e), a “motion to reconsider summary judgment.” On…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Spray-Rite Service Corporation, an Iowa Corporation v. Monsanto Company, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
  2. Textile Banking Company, Inc. v. William H. Rentschler, Appeal of Sarah Y. Rentschler Mittendorf, Citation-Respondent-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
  3. United States Labor Party v. John J. Oremus, Individually and in His Capacity as President of the Village of BridgeviewCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
  4. Boaz v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1944
  5. John Stephan Parisie v. J.W. Greer, Warden, Menard Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Terry Wayne Sanders v. Clemco Industries and Ingersoll-Rand CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
  2. United States v. Melvin P. DeutschCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
  3. William Avery v. City of MilwaukeeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2017
  4. Waye v. First Citizen's National BankDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1994
  5. Sunstream Jet Express, Inc., a Delaware Corporation v. International Air Service Co., Ltd., a California CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984

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