Senior v. Recollections, Inc.
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:24-cv-01372
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Senior v. Recollections, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle case without costs, allowing restoration within 45 days.
Frank Senior and Recollections, Inc.
What happened
In Senior v. Recollections, Inc., the court was told that the parties had reached a settlement in principle.
The court discontinued the case without costs to either party. It allowed either party to ask to restore the case to the court’s docket within 45 days; requests filed later could be denied solely because they were late. The court also explained that any request for it to retain authority to enforce the settlement had to put the settlement terms on the public record and receive the court’s approval within that period.
Judge Ronnie Abrams directed the Clerk of Court to close the case. The order did not decide the underlying dispute.
The detailed version
- Senior v. Recollections, Inc. · No. 1:24-cv-01372
- Ronnie Abrams
- July 12, 2024
Background
The court stated that it had been reported that the case had been settled in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement’s terms.
Court’s action
The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket if an application was made within 45 days. It stated that any application to reopen the action had to be filed within 45 days of the order and that a later application could be denied solely because it was filed late.
The court further stated that, if the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction—legal authority—to enforce a settlement agreement, the agreement’s terms had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 45-day period. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case. The order did not reach the merits of the underlying dispute.
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