Jones v. Trinity Church Wall Street
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:24-cv-07803
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Jones v. Trinity Church Wall Street, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.
Tiani Jones and Trinity Church Wall Street. The action was closed, subject to a possible application to restore or reopen it within 30 days.
What happened
Jones v. Trinity Church Wall Street was reported to the court as settled in principle. The opinion does not provide the settlement’s terms or say that a final settlement agreement had been completed.
The court discontinued the action without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it if an application was made within 30 days. The court directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also ordered that any application to reopen the case be filed within 30 days. If the parties wanted the court to keep authority to enforce a settlement, they had to place the agreement’s terms on the public record and obtain the court’s approval within that period.
The detailed version
- Jones v. Trinity Church Wall Street · No. 1:24-cv-07803
- Ronnie Abrams
- Feb. 20, 2025
Background
The court stated that it had been reported that the case had been settled in principle. The opinion does not identify the settlement terms or otherwise describe the underlying dispute.
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 30 days. The court further stated that any application to reopen the action had to be filed within 30 days of the order and that a later application could be denied solely because it was late.
The court also stated that, if the parties wanted it to retain jurisdiction—meaning 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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