2024 term · Roberts Court · vote not recorded
Blom Bank Sal v. Honickman
605 U.S. 204
The record
- Term
- 2024
- Decided
- Issue area
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- Vote split
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- Winning party
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- Decision direction
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- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
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- Docket
- 23-1259
- U.S. Reports
- 605 U.S. 204
- S. Ct. citation
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- LEXIS citation
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- Opinion by
- Clarence Thomas
Holding
Relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) requires extraordinary circumstances, and this standard does not become less demanding when the movant seeks to reopen a case to amend a complaint; a party must first satisfy Rule 60(b) before Rule 15(a)’s liberal amendment standard can apply.
How the bench divided
No per-justice vote lineup was available for this case.
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