William Israel Farm Cooperative Corporation v. Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:18-cv-04657
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In William Israel Farm Cooperative Corporation v. Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle case without prejudice to timely restoration.
William Israel Farm Cooperative Corporation, Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC, and Charter Communications Operating, LLC; the order also set requirements affecting any request to restore or reopen the case and any request for court enforcement of the settlement.
What happened
William Israel Farm Cooperative Corporation sued Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC and Charter Communications Operating, LLC. The court was informed that the case had been settled in principle.
The court discontinued the action without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket 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 to reopen filed after 30 days could be denied solely because it was late. If the parties wanted the court to keep authority to enforce their settlement, they had to place the settlement terms on the public record and obtain the court’s approval within the same 30-day period.
The detailed version
- William Israel Farm Cooperative Corporation v. Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC · No. 1:18-cv-04657
- Ronnie Abrams
- Jan. 22, 2020
Background
The court was informed that the case 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 directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.
The court stated that any application to reopen filed after the 30-day period could be denied solely because it was late. It also stated that, if the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction—that is, authority—to enforce a settlement agreement, they had to place the agreement’s terms on the public record and have the court approve it within the same 30-day period.
Disposition and Classification
Judge Ronnie Abrams discontinued the action on the stated terms. The order did not decide the underlying legal claims, so this is a procedural order.
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