Welsh v. Burlington Stores, Inc.
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:25-cv-00036
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Welsh v. Burlington Stores, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.
Jacqueline Welsh and Burlington Stores; the case was closed, subject to a possible application to restore it within 30 days.
What happened
Welsh v. Burlington Stores was reported to the court as settled in principle.
The court discontinued the case without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it if an application was made within 30 days. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also stated that any request for the court to retain authority to enforce a settlement had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within 30 days.
The detailed version
- Welsh v. Burlington Stores, Inc. · No. 1:25-cv-00036
- Ronnie Abrams
- May 12, 2025
Background
The court stated that it had been informed that Welsh v. Burlington Stores had been settled in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the terms of any settlement.
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. It warned that an application filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late.
The court further ordered that, if the parties wanted the court 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.
Effect
Judge Ronnie Abrams’s order ended the action based on the reported settlement in principle. The court did not decide the underlying legal claims or describe whether a final settlement agreement had been completed.
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