Legal Opinion

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Robert J. McNulty George G. Handgis, Franklin D. Roberts, John M. Shanklin and W.N. Thompson, John M. Shanklin

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided March 3, 1998No. Docket 97-6122PublishedCited by 439 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Defendant John M. Shanklin, against whom a default judgment was entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for failure to answer the complaint filed by plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”), challenges the order of that court, Michael B. Mukasey, Judge, denying his motion to vacate the default judgment. In denying the motion, the district court ruled that Shanklin had failed to show that the default was not willful and that he was not culpable, and had failed to proffer a meritorious defense to the…

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