KEY BANK OF MAINE v. TABLECLOTH TEXTILE CO. CORP.

No. 94-2044.

74 F.3d 349 (1996)

KEY BANK OF MAINE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TABLECLOTH TEXTILE COMPANY CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric A. Deutsch, with whom Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, Boston, MA, Peter G. Cary and Mittel, Asen, Eggert, Hunter & Altshuler, Portland, ME, were on brief, for appellants.

Thomas A. Cox, with whom Jennifer S. Begel and Friedman & Babcock, Portland, ME, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, LYNCH, Circuit Judge, and STEARNS, District Judge.


TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

Defendants-Appellants Tablecloth Textile Company Corp., ("Tablecloth"), Post & Sherman Textile Company, Inc. ("P & S") and Stuart Sherman ("Sherman") (collectively referred to as the "Appellants") appeal the denial of their motion to set aside a default judgment and for leave to file a late responsive pleading. We reverse, holding that because the notice requirement of Rule 55(b)(2) of the Federal...

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