Swartz v. 151 Maiden LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:20-cv-09895
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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Swartz v. 151 Maiden LLC: Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.
Helen Swartz and 151 Maiden LLC, whose action was discontinued subject to the order’s 30-day restoration and settlement-enforcement conditions.
What happened
In Swartz v. 151 Maiden LLC, the court was told that Helen Swartz and 151 Maiden LLC had reached a settlement in principle.
The court discontinued the action without costs to either party. It allowed an application to restore the case to be filed within 30 days; a later application could be denied solely because it was late.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also said that any request for the court to retain power to enforce the settlement had to place the agreement on the public record and obtain the court’s approval within the same 30-day period. The scheduled conference was adjourned without a new date.
The detailed version
- Swartz v. 151 Maiden LLC · No. 1:20-cv-09895
- Ronnie Abrams
- Mar. 5, 2021
Background
The court stated that it had been informed that the parties had settled the case in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement’s terms.
Disposition
The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket if an application to restore was made within 30 days. The order stated that an application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late.
The court further ordered that, if the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction—that is, 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. The conference scheduled for March 12, 2021, was adjourned without a new date.
Classification
This is a procedural order because the court discontinued the action based on a settlement in principle and did not decide the underlying legal claims. Judge Ronnie Abrams signed the order.
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