BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman
Decided June 5, 2025. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 23-1259 · 605 U.S. 204 (2025) · Cited 43 times
Holding
Relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) requires extraordinary circumstances, and this standard does not become less demanding when the movant seeks to reopen a case to amend a complaint; a party must first satisfy Rule 60(b) before Rule 15(a)’s liberal amendment standard can apply.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 9
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Clarence Thomas · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Elena Kagan
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Brett M. Kavanaugh
- Amy Coney Barrett
- Ketanji Brown Jackson · filed an opinion concurring in the judgment
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Kemp v. United States · 596 U.S. 528 (2022)
- Liljeberg v. Health Services Acquisition Corp. · 486 U.S. 847 (1988)
- Ackermann v. United States · 340 U.S. 193 (1950)
- Gonzalez v. Crosby · 545 U.S. 524 (2005)
- Foman v. Davis · 371 U.S. 178 (1962)
- Pioneer Investment Services Co. v. Brunswick Associates Ltd. Partnership · 507 U.S. 380 (1993)
- Klapprott v. United States · 335 U.S. 601 (1949)
- Banister v. Davis · 590 U.S. 504 (2020)
- Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp. · 496 U.S. 384 (1990)
- Browder v. Director, Dept. of Corrections of Ill. · 434 U.S. 257 (1978)
- Buck v. Davis · 580 U.S. 100 (2017)
- Duncan v. Walker · 533 U.S. 167 (2001)
- Agostini v. Felton · 521 U.S. 203 (1997)
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
- KRUPSKI v. COSTA CROCIERE S. P. A · 560 U.S. 538 (2010)
- Fischer v. United States · 603 U.S. 480 (2024)
- Tharpe v. Sellers · 583 U.S. 33 (2018)
- McLane Co. v. EEOC · 581 U.S. 72 (2017)
Official text
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