Walkup v. Guitars On Main, LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:24-cv-06212
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Walkup v. Guitars On Main, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle action without costs, allowing restoration applications within 45 days.
Rick Walkup, the proposed similarly situated plaintiffs, and Guitars On Main, LLC. The case was discontinued and closed, subject to a possible restoration application within 45 days.
What happened
In Walkup v. Guitars On Main, the court reported that the parties had settled the case in principle, but the opinion does not provide the settlement’s terms or resolve the underlying claims.
The court discontinued the action without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it to the docket if an application was made within 45 days. An application filed later could be denied solely because it was late.
Judge Abrams directed the Clerk of Court to close the case. The order also stated that any request for the court to retain authority to enforce a settlement had to place the agreement on the public record and obtain the court’s approval within the same 30-day period.
The detailed version
- Walkup v. Guitars On Main, LLC · No. 1:24-cv-06212
- Ronnie Abrams
- Dec. 9, 2024
Background
The court stated that it had been informed that the case had been settled in principle. The order does not describe the settlement terms, identify the claims’ merits, or state that the settlement was finally approved.
Order
The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring the action to the court’s docket if an application to restore it was made within 45 days. It stated that an application filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late.
The order further stated that, if the parties wanted the court to retain 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 30-day period. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
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