Kashner Davidson Securities, et al v. Mscisz, et al

Filing 920100401

Opinion

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var WPFootnote1 = '                   Our judgment was phrased in materially identical\
language. Kashner Davidson has suggested that our mandate left the\
money damages portion of the arbitration award untouched. That is\
not correct. We instructed the district court to vacate the entire\
award, which it did.\
'

var WPFootnote2 = '                   The Customers styled their motion as a "Motion for\
Reconsideration" under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7(b) and\
District of Massachusetts Local Rule 7.1, which are general rules\
governing motion practice. In its opposition, Kashner Davidson\
construed the motion as one for relief from an order under Rule\
60(b). The Customers adopted that characterization in their reply\
brief. Nothing in this appeal turns on the precise grounding of\
the motion in the rules; for clarity, we will refer to it as a Rule\
60(b) motion.\
'

var WPFootnote3 = '                   We note that the recall of a mandate is ordinarily\
requested by motion. See 20A James Wm. Moore et al., Moore\'s\
Federal Practice § 341.11 (3d ed. 2009). Contrary to the usual\
practice, Kashner Davidson raised the issue for the first (and\
only) time in its brief on appeal. We do not intend our discussion\
to suggest approval of the manner in which the argument was raised.\
'

var WPFootnote4 = '                   Compare United States v. Fraser, 407 F.3d 9, 10-11 (1st\
Cir. 2005) (per curiam) (declining to recall mandate); Conley v.\
United States, 323 F.3d 7, 14 (1st Cir. 2003) (same); Boston &\
Maine Corp. v. Town of Hampton, 7 F.3d 281, 283 (1st Cir. 1993)\
(same); Powers v. Bethlehem Steel Corp., 483 F.2d 963, 964-65 (1st\
Cir. 1973) (same); Legate v. Maloney, 348 F.2d 164, 166 (1st Cir.\
1965) (same); Haverhill Gazette Co. v. Union Leader Corp., 333 F.2d\
808, 809-10 (1st Cir. 1964) (same), with Alsamhouri v. Gonzales,\
471 F.3d 209, 209-10 (1st Cir. 2006) (recalling mandate where an\
asylum seeker subject to removal raised a "serious" jurisdictional\
argument, and the Supreme Court had not yet acted on a pending\
petition for writ of certiorari); In re: Unión Nacional de\
Trabajadores, 527 F.2d 602, 604 (1st Cir. 1975) (per curiam)\
(recalling writ of mandamus where the original decision requiring\
the district court to hold an "unprecedented" jury trial was\
"demonstrably wrong and created manifest injustice"). We have\
occasionally recalled a mandate for the purpose of correcting a\
clerical error or matter of form. See, e.g., Estate of Abraham v.\
Comm\'r, 429 F.3d 294 (1st Cir. 2005). That is not the situation\
presented here.\
'

var WPFootnote5 = '                   The Supreme Court decided Hall Street on March 25,\
2008 -- after we heard oral argument in the first appeal but before\
we issued our decision. Kashner Davidson could have submitted a\
letter bringing Hall Street to our attention while the first appeal\
was pending. See Fed. R. App. P. 28(j). Once the appeal was\
decided, it could have requested panel rehearing and/or rehearing\
en banc. See Fed. R. App. P. 35, 40. It could have petitioned the\
Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari. See Sup. Ct. R. 12, 13. \
On remand, it could have attempted to show that "exceptional\
circumstances" justified deviation from our mandate. United States\
v. Wallace, 573 F.3d 82, 89 (1st Cir. 2009).\
'

var WPFootnote6 = '                   We note that this is an odd position for the Customers to\
take. They specifically asked for a remand in the district court\
and in the first appeal.\
'

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