Holding that the "overwhelming weight of authority is that the failure to file documents in an original motion or opposition does not turn the late filed documents into 'newly discovered evidence'" for a motion for reconsideration
487 U.S. 250 (1988) Cited 1,136 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that a district court cannot invoke its inherent power to circumvent the harmless-error inquiry prescribed by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52
Holding that “[s]ubstantial proof of grand jury bias is required to overturn an indictment” and rejecting challenge where the defendant made “no factual allegation of actual bias on the part of any grand juror in his case”
Finding that a pro se litigant who had been given incorrect information regarding service from the district court had a justifiable excuse for failing to comply with the strict requirements of Rule 4
569 U.S. 946 (2013) Cited 2 times 3 Legal Analyses
No. 11–965. 2013-04-22 DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG, petitioner, v. Barbara BAUMAN, et al. Case below, 644 F.3d 909. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted.
Holding that "a notice of deficiency actually, physically received by a taxpayer is valid under § 6212 if it is received in sufficient time to permit the taxpayer, without prejudice, to file a petition to the Tax Court even though the notice is erroneously addressed"
Fed. R. Civ. P. 4 Cited 69,891 times 124 Legal Analyses
Holding that if defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on a motion, or on its own following notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made by a certain time