Tufts v. the Corporation of Lloyd's

Full title: J. DAVID TUFTS, III; ESTATE OF JAMES D. TUFTS, II; PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Date published: Nov 10, 1997

128 F.3d 793 (2d Cir. 1997)

Opinion

No. 215, Docket No. 96-9262.

Argued: October 22, 1997.

Decided: November 10, 1997.

STEVEN B. FEIGENBAUM, Levi Lubarsky, New York, New York (Laura Gilbert, of counsel) for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

MOLLY S. BOAST, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene MacRae, L.L.P., New York, New York (Stephen H. Orel, Taylor R. Briggs, of counsel) for Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from a judgement in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (John F. Keenan, Judge) dismissing appellants' Rule 60(b) action for relief from the judgement in Roby v. Corporation of Lloyd's, 824 F. Supp. 336 (S.D.N.Y. 1992), aff'd, 996 F.2d 1353 (2d Cir. 1993).

We affirm.

Before: WINTER, Chief Judge, MESKILL, Circuit Judge, and POLLACK, District Judge.¹

1 The Honorable Milton Pollack, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation.

PER CURIAM:

J. David Tufts III and the Estate of James D. Tufts II appeal from Judge Keenan's dismissal of their Rule 60(b) action for relief from the judgment in Roby v. Corporation of Lloyd's, 824 F. Supp. 336 (S.D.N.Y. 1992), aff'd, 996 F.2d 1353 (2d Cir. 1993). We affirm for substantially the reasons stated by the district court. See Tufts v. Corporation of Lloyd's, ___ F. Supp. ___, 1996 WL 533639 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 19, 1996).