Stolarik v. The New York Times Company
- Paul Gardephe
- 1:17-cv-05083
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Stolarik v. The New York Times Company, Judge Gardephe granted the parties’ request to pause summary-judgment deadlines while they pursued settlement.
The parties to Stolarik v. The New York Times Company, whose remaining summary-judgment briefing deadlines were paused for an additional 30 days.
What happened
Stolarik v. The New York Times Company involved a dispute that the parties said they had agreed to resolve in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims in detail.
The parties asked the court to pause the remaining deadlines for briefing on their summary-judgment motions for 30 days. They said they planned to seek approval of a settlement of the plaintiff’s Fair Labor Standards Act claim and then file an agreement ending the case.
Judge Paul G. Gardephe granted the application to pause the deadlines. The order did not itself approve the settlement or enter the planned dismissal.
The detailed version
- Stolarik v. The New York Times Company · No. 1:17-cv-05083
- Paul Gardephe
- Apr. 7, 2020
Background
The parties jointly notified the court that they had mutually agreed to resolve the matter in principle. The letter does not provide details about the underlying dispute or identify the specific terms of the proposed resolution.
The parties requested an additional 30-day stay of the remaining deadlines for briefing on summary judgment, which is a procedure for asking the court to decide a case without a trial when the relevant facts are not genuinely disputed. They also stated that they would seek court approval of the plaintiff’s settlement under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal wage-and-hour law, and file a stipulation of dismissal with prejudice. The letter describes these as planned steps, not actions already completed.
Ruling
The court’s order states: “The Application is granted.” Thus, the court granted the parties’ request for the additional pause in the summary-judgment briefing deadlines. The order does not state that the court approved the settlement or dismissed the case.
Disposition
The application was granted. The opinion is a procedural order concerning litigation deadlines and the parties’ proposed settlement process; it does not decide the underlying claims.
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