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FIORE v. WASHINGTON COUNTY COM. MENTAL HEALTH CTR.

Nos. 91-1027, 91-1842.

960 F.2d 229 (1992)

Richard C. FIORE, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Ranucci with whom D'Agostino & O'Donnell, Providence, R.I., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Charles J. Vucci with whom Thomas C. Plunkett, Leonard A. Kiernan, Jr., and Kiernan, Plunkett & Woodbine, Providence, R.I., were on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Gael Mahony with whom Ben T. Clements, Hill & Barlow, Boston, Mass., and David L. Shapiro, Cambridge, Mass., were on brief, amicus curiae.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, TORRUELLA, SELYA and CYR, Circuit Judges.

OPINION EN BANC

COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

A panel of this court confronted a technical problem of civil procedure — how the "separate document" requirement of Fed. R.Civ.P. 58 should be applied in the context of post-judgment motions — and concluded that meticulous compliance with the rule was necessary. The full court, suspecting that a more flexible approach might exist, decided to reconsider the issue en banc. Having given careful consideration...

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