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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Dec. 9, 2019

Cortes v. The Bronx Bar and Grill, LLC

Judge
Sarah Netburn
Docket
1:19-cv-02819
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
FlsaCivil Procedure
In one sentence

In Cortes v. The Bronx Bar and Grill, Judge Netburn approved the parties’ fair-and-reasonable settlement and dismissed the Fair Labor Standards Act case with prejudice.

Who this affects

Moises Cortes and The Bronx Bar and Grill, LLC, et al.; the settlement approval and dismissal ended this action.

What happened

In Cortes v. The Bronx Bar and Grill, the parties agreed in principle to settle this Fair Labor Standards Act case and submitted an amended proposed settlement for court review.

The court reviewed the proposed settlement and found it fair and reasonable. The opinion does not state the settlement’s terms.

Judge Sarah Netburn approved the settlement and dismissed the action with prejudice, meaning the case was closed and could not be brought again in the same form.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Cortes v. The Bronx Bar and Grill, LLC · No. 1:19-cv-02819
Judge
Sarah Netburn
Date
Dec. 9, 2019

Background

Moises Cortes brought this Fair Labor Standards Act case against The Bronx Bar and Grill, LLC, and other defendants. The parties agreed to settlement terms in principle and submitted an amended proposed settlement to the court on December 6, 2019, for review under the court’s stated review requirement.

Ruling

After reviewing the proposed settlement, the court determined that it was fair and reasonable. The court approved the settlement and dismissed the action with prejudice. The opinion does not describe the settlement’s terms.

The authoritative version

Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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