UNGAR v. PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION

No. 09-1778.

599 F.3d 79 (2010)

Efrat UNGAR et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. The PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 25, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura G. Ferguson, with whom Mark J. Rochon, Miller & Chevalier Chartered, Deming E. Sherman, and Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP were on brief, for appellants.

David J. Strachman, with whom McIntyre, Tate & Lynch was on brief, for appellees.

Before LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, SOUTER, Associate Justice, and SELYA, Circuit Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal turns on the question of whether there is a categorical rule that a party whose strategic choices lead to the entry of a default judgment is precluded as a matter of law from later obtaining relief from that judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6). The district court thought that precedent required it to apply such a categorical bar and, on that basis, it denied relief. Estates of Ungar v. Palestinian Auth. (Ungar...

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