United States Seventh Circuit

"Cause," not necessarily "good cause," is sufficient to permit an untimely answer in an admiralty case, where plaintiff failed to give notice to the state of Wisconsin of his action to be declared the owner of a wrecked vessel, thus a default judgment was improper.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/20/2002
• Decided 06/21/2002
• Published 06/21/2002

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before:  EASTERBROOK, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul L. Barnett (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI, for intervenor-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David J. Haywood (argued), Lansing, MI, for plaintiff-appellee.