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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Apr. 9, 2020

Saenz v. S.W. Management LLC

Judge
Barbara Moses
Docket
1:19-cv-05717
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureContract
In one sentence

In Saenz v. S.W. Management LLC, Judge Moses approved the parties’ settlement and dismissed the action with prejudice and without costs.

Who this affects

The parties to the action: Pedro Saenz and the defendants, including S.W. Management, LLC. The case was dismissed with prejudice and without costs.

What happened

In Saenz v. S.W. Management LLC, the court reviewed the parties’ revised settlement agreement.

The court found that the agreement was fair and reasonable and approved it. The opinion does not describe the parties’ underlying claims.

Judge Barbara Moses dismissed the action with prejudice and without costs and directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.

The detailed version

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

Case
Saenz v. S.W. Management LLC · No. 1:19-cv-05717
Judge
Barbara Moses
Date
Apr. 9, 2020

Background

The court received and reviewed the parties’ revised Settlement Agreement, identified as Dkt. No. 42. The opinion does not state the underlying claims or the settlement’s specific terms.

Ruling

The court found that the revised settlement was fair and reasonable under Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House, Inc., 796 F.3d 199 (2d Cir. 2015). It therefore approved the proposed settlement.

The action was dismissed with prejudice and without costs. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.

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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