Crumwell v. Yellow The Label LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:25-cv-00712
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Crumwell v. Yellow The Label LLC, Judge Abrams discontinued the case after a reported settlement in principle, allowing restoration within 45 days.
Denise Crumwell, the similarly situated people she seeks to represent, and Yellow The Label LLC. The action was discontinued and closed, subject to a possible application to restore it within 45 days.
What happened
Crumwell v. Yellow The Label LLC is an action brought by Denise Crumwell on behalf of herself and other similarly situated people. The court was told that the parties had reached a settlement in principle.
The court discontinued the action without costs to either side. It allowed a party to seek restoration of the case within 45 days, and warned that a later application could be denied solely because it was late.
Judge Ronnie Abrams directed the Clerk of Court to close the case. The order also states that any request for the court to retain authority to enforce a settlement must place the settlement terms on the public record and obtain the court’s approval within the stated 30-day period.
The detailed version
- Crumwell v. Yellow The Label LLC · No. 1:25-cv-00712
- Ronnie Abrams
- May 29, 2025
Background
Denise Crumwell brought this action on behalf of herself and all other persons similarly situated against Yellow The Label LLC. The opinion states only that the Court was informed that the case had been settled in principle. It does not describe the claims or the settlement’s terms.
Order
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 to restore was made within 45 days. The order states that an application to reopen filed after that period may be denied solely because it was filed late.
The order further states that, if the parties want the Court to retain jurisdiction—the power to oversee enforcement—to enforce a settlement agreement, the agreement’s terms must 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.
Disposition
Judge Ronnie Abrams discontinued the action and directed that the case be closed. The opinion does not resolve the merits of any underlying claim or disclose the settlement terms.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.