Brown v. Columbus Properties, Inc.
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:19-cv-05127
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Brown v. Columbus Properties, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle case without costs or prejudice to restoring it within 30 days.
Christopher E. Brown and Columbus Properties, Inc.; the action was discontinued and the case was closed, subject to the stated 30-day restoration and settlement-enforcement conditions.
What happened
Brown v. Columbus Properties, Inc. was before the Southern District of New York after the court was informed that the case had been settled in principle.
The court ordered the action discontinued without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it if an application was made within 30 days. It also directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams said any request for the court to retain authority to enforce a settlement had to put the settlement terms on the public record and receive the court’s approval within the same 30-day period.
The detailed version
- Brown v. Columbus Properties, Inc. · No. 1:19-cv-05127
- Ronnie Abrams
- Jan. 21, 2020
Background
The court stated that it had been informed that Brown v. Columbus Properties, Inc. had been settled in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the terms of the proposed 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 stated that an application filed after that period might be denied solely because it was late. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
Settlement enforcement
The court stated that, if the parties wanted it to retain 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.
Disposition
Judge Ronnie Abrams discontinued the action under the stated conditions. The opinion does not rule on the merits of the underlying dispute.
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