Wohr v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:19-cv-08560
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 1
In Wohr v. American Broadcasting, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.
Carolyn Wohr and American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.; the case was closed after the reported settlement in principle, subject to the stated 30-day restoration and settlement-enforcement conditions.
What happened
In Wohr v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., the court was told that the parties had reached a settlement 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 court also directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams stated that any request to reopen filed after 30 days could be denied solely because it was late. The court could retain authority to enforce a settlement only if the agreement’s terms were placed on the public record and approved by the court within that period.
The detailed version
- Wohr v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. · No. 1:19-cv-08560
- Ronnie Abrams
- Nov. 21, 2019
Background
The court stated that it had been informed that the case had settled in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement’s terms.
Ruling
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 directed that any application to reopen the action be filed within 30 days of the order and stated that a later application could be denied solely on that basis. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
The court added that, if the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction—that is, 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 order did not decide the merits of the underlying dispute.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.