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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Sept. 8, 2020

Williams v. ABG Juicy Couture, LLC

Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Docket
1:20-cv-04566
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureClass Action
In one sentence

In Williams v. ABG Juicy Couture, LLC, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs, allowing restoration within 60 days.

Who this affects

Pamela Williams and the other people she sought to represent, as well as ABG Juicy Couture, LLC.

What happened

Williams v. ABG Juicy Couture, LLC involved Pamela Williams’s action on behalf of herself and others similarly situated. The court was told that the case had settled.

The court discontinued the action without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it if an application was made within 60 days. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.

Judge Ronnie Abrams also stated that any request for the court to retain authority to enforce the settlement had to place the agreement’s terms on the public record and obtain the court’s approval within the same 60-day period.

The detailed version

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

Case
Williams v. ABG Juicy Couture, LLC · No. 1:20-cv-04566
Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Date
Sept. 8, 2020

Background

The opinion states that the case was brought by Pamela Williams on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated. The court was informed that the case had settled.

Court’s Action

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 60 days. The order states that any application to reopen filed after that period may 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 the court to retain jurisdiction—meaning authority—to enforce the settlement agreement, the agreement’s terms had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 60-day period.

Disposition

The court discontinued the action under the terms stated in the order. The opinion does not describe the settlement’s terms or decide the underlying claims.

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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