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Type
Opinion
Filed
April 16, 2019
Case
Nelson v. Board of County Commissioners
Case status
Decided

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BACHARACH, Circuit Judge. This appeal grew out of a dilemma for the district court: How was it to resolve the tension between the desire to correct what it saw as a prior error and constraints on the court's power to rule on repetitive motions? The dilemma arose from a second motion to alter or amend a civil judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e). The…

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