Romero v. The Great Lakes Potato Chip Company LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:20-cv-09078
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Romero v. The Great Lakes Potato Chip Company, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs, allowing reopening within 30 days.
Josue Romero, the defendant, and the people Romero sought to represent; the opinion does not state whether a class had been certified.
What happened
Romero v. The Great Lakes Potato Chip Company was brought by Josue Romero for himself and others similarly situated. The court was told that the parties had reached a settlement in principle.
The court discontinued the action without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it if an application was made within 30 days. The opinion does not provide the settlement’s terms.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also directed that any request to reopen be filed within 30 days and ordered the Clerk of Court to close the case. The court said that any request for it to retain authority to enforce the settlement would require the agreement’s terms to be made public and approved by the court within that period.
The detailed version
- Romero v. The Great Lakes Potato Chip Company LLC · No. 1:20-cv-09078
- Ronnie Abrams
- Apr. 9, 2021
Background Josue Romero brought the action on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated. The opinion states that the Court was informed that the case had been settled in principle. It does not describe the claims or the proposed settlement terms.
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. The Court further ordered that any application to reopen the action be filed within 30 days of the order and stated that an application filed later could be denied solely because it was late.
The Court also stated that, if the parties wanted the Court to retain jurisdiction—authority to oversee enforcement—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 Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
Disposition The Court discontinued the action and closed the case under the stated 30-day conditions. The opinion does not decide the underlying claims.
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