Mid-American Gunite, Inc.

3 Cited authorities

  1. Nishimatsu Constr. Co., v. Houston Nat. Bank

    515 F.2d 1200 (5th Cir. 1975)   Cited 3,356 times
    Holding that "[t]here must be a sufficient basis in the pleadings for" the default judgment entered and that " default judgment is unassailable on the merits but only so far as it is supported by well-pleaded allegations, assumed to be true"
  2. Labor Board v. I. M. Electric Co.

    318 U.S. 9 (1943)   Cited 108 times
    In N.L.R.B. v. Indiana Michigan Electric Co., 318 U.S. 9, at page 28, 63 S.Ct. 394, at page 405, 87 L.Ed. 579, the Supreme Court stated the general fundamental principles with respect to findings of fact by the Board, saying that the reviewing court is given discretion to see that before a party's rights are foreclosed his case has been fairly heard, and "Findings cannot be said to have been fairly reached unless material evidence which might impeach, as well as that which will support, its findings, is heard and weighed."
  3. Thomson v. Wooster

    114 U.S. 104 (1885)   Cited 354 times
    Holding "[t]he bill, when confessed by the default of the defendant, is taken to be true in all matters alleged with sufficient certainty . . . ."