Lancaster v. Presley’s Empirical Analysis

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5 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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1. “In effect, Lancaster asks the district court to use Rule 60(b)(6) to overturn this Court's dismissal of his appeal. Quite obviously, the district court lacks jurisdiction to overturn an order of this Court. Rule 60(b)(6) was not intended as a remedy for all wrongs, and certainly does not confer super-appellate jurisdiction on the district court.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cascade Energy & Metals Corporation v. Jeffrey G. Banks, the and Judgment Creditors Herein Associate Gold Technics Dfts, and Interphase Corporation W. David Weston Telegraph Mine Limited Stephen W. Rupp, Trustee of the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Estate of Rex Montis Silver Co. v. Rex Montis Silver Company, Cross-Claim-Defendant-Appellant. Cascade Energy & Metals Corporation, Delano S. Findlay v. Banks, the and Judgment Creditors Herein Rex Montis Silver Company Interphase Corporation W. David Weston Telegraph Mine Limited Stephen W. Rupp, Trustee of the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Estate of Rex Montis Silver Company, Associate Gold Technics Dfts, Cascade Energy & Metals Corporation v. Banks, the and Judgment Creditors Herein Rex Montis Silver Company Interphase Corporation W. David Weston Stephen W. Rupp, Trustee of the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Estate of Rex Montis Silver Company, Associate Gold Technics Dfts v. Telegraph Mine Limited, and Telegraph Mine Joint Venture, Cross-Claim-Defendants-Appellants. Cascade Energy & Metals Corporation v. Banks, the and Judgment Creditors Herein Rex Montis Silver Company Interphase Corporation W. David Weston Telegraph Mine Limited Stephen W. Rupp, Trustee of the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Estate of Rex Montis Silver Co., Associate Gold Technics Dfts, Cascade Energy & Metals Corporation v. Banks, the and Judgment Creditors Herein Associate Interphase Corporation Stephen W. Rupp, Trustee of the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Estate of Rex Montis Silver Co., Gold Technics Dfts, Rex Montis Silver Company W. David Weston Telegraph Mine Limited, Cross-Claim-Defendants-Appellees. Cascade Energy & Metals Corporation v. Banks, the and Judgment Creditors Herein Rex Montis Silver Company Interphase Corporation Telegraph Mine Limited Stephen W. Rupp, Trustee of the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Estate of Rex Montis Silver Co. Estate of Bernard Hodowski, and Associate Gold Technics Dfts Sam Harmatz A.C. Nejedly Rosalie Donahey Chris Waugh H.E. Moses Estate of Joe F. Duncan Eliot Weinberg v. W. David Weston, Cross-Claim-Defendant-Appellant · 961 So. 2d 768 - Lancaster v. Stevens

2. “'[T]o overturn the district court's denial of [a] Rule 60(b) motion, it is not enough that a grant of the motion might have been permissible or warranted; rather, the decision to deny the motion must have been sufficiently unwarranted as to amount to an abuse of discretion.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Government Financial Services One Limited Partnership v. Peyton Place Inc I-10

3. “We have consistently held that the simple failure of the clerk to mail notice of the entry of judgment, without more, does not permit relief to a party who has failed to appeal within the prescribed time.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 961 So. 2d 768 - Lancaster v. Stevens