A lawyer for a bankruptcy trustee argued to the US Supreme Court that a Brooklyn auto parts company exceeded a reasonable amount of time to challenge a potentially void judgment.
The Tuesday arguments focused on competing federal law, tasking the justices with answering whether a time limit should be applied to challenge a judgment. While Federal Rule 60(b) says a void judgment can be vacated, the US Appeals Court for the Sixth Circuit held last year that Federal Rule 60(c) applies a timeline to do so.
The issue stems from Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited Inc.'s October 2021 motion to ...
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