United States Fifth Circuit

Defendant's appeal to have adverse summary judgment vacated under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)is affirmed as defendant offers no plausible excuse for ignoring the summary judgment for some fourteen months and court did not abuse its discretion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/03/2003
• Published 12/03/2003

Judges

• E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY and WIENER, Circuit Judges, and ROSENTHAL, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John A. Jeansonne, III, Jeansonne & Remondet, New Orleans, LA, John E. Menechino (argued), Mark E. Farrell, Smith, Currie & Hancock, Atlanta, GA, for all Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert L. Redfearn,Steven A. Jacobson (argued), Robert Leland Redfearn, Jr., Denise C. Puente, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.