Tucker v. Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.
- Rochon
- 1:24-cv-05051
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Tucker v. Ryman Hospitality, Judge Rochon ordered the parties to discuss settlement, consider standing, and report whether they settled.
Henry Tucker, Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc., and the court, which will receive the parties’ joint report and any request for mediation, a settlement conference, or an initial status conference.
What happened
Tucker v. Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. is an order in Henry Tucker’s proposed group action against Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. The court did not decide the claims or whether Tucker has standing to sue.
The parties must meet for at least one hour within 30 days after service of the summons and complaint, or within 30 days after waiver of service. They must make a good-faith effort to settle and consider whether Tucker satisfies the requirement of having a sufficient connection to bring the case.
Within 15 additional days, the parties must jointly tell the court whether they settled. If not, they must ask for mediation or a settlement conference with a magistrate judge, or request an initial status conference. Judge Jennifer L. Rochon issued the order on July 3, 2024.
The detailed version
- Tucker v. Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. · No. 1:24-cv-05051
- Rochon
- July 3, 2024
Order
The court ordered Henry Tucker and Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. to meet and confer for at least one hour in a good-faith attempt to settle the action. The meeting must occur within 30 days after service of the summons and complaint, or, alternatively, within 30 days after waiver of service.
The parties must consider whether Tucker has satisfied the threshold requirement of standing—the requirement that a person have a sufficient legal basis to bring a lawsuit. The order cites Second Circuit decisions addressing standing, but it does not decide whether Tucker has standing.
Further Report to the Court
Within 15 additional days, or within 45 days after service or waiver of service, the parties must submit a joint letter stating whether they settled. If they did not settle, the joint letter must request either referral to the district court’s mediation program or to a magistrate judge for a settlement conference, with a preference stated between those options, or an initial status conference.
Disposition
This is a procedural settlement-management order. It does not resolve the merits of Tucker’s claims, decide class certification, or determine standing.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.