PAUL REVERE VARIABLE ANNUITY INS. CO. v. ZANG AND BECK

Nos. 00-1363, 00-1364.

248 F.3d 1 (2001)

The PAUL REVERE VARIABLE ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Petitioners, Appellees, v. Arthur F. ZANG and Harold P. Beck, Respondents, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 3, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glen DeValerio, with whom Michael G. Lange, Alicia Duff, Berman, DeValerio & Pease LLP, Francis A. Ford, James R. Hubbard, and Ricci, Hubbard, Leopold, Frankel & Farmer, PC were on brief, for appellants.

Patrick W. Shea, with whom Adam S. Bozek, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, Joseph M. Hamilton, and Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee were on brief, for appellees.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Litigation decisions made by parties have consequences. This case involves strategic decisions made by parties in an attempt to obtain a benefit from a particular ruling; when the court issued a contrary order, those parties attempted to reverse course and get the district court to reach a different result under Rule 60(b), Fed.R.Civ.P. The district court was unsympathetic, and this appeal followed. Arthur...

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