Darezzo v. Blank Street Inc.
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:22-cv-08958
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Darezzo v. Blank Street Inc., Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle case without costs, subject to possible restoration within 45 days.
Claudio Darezzo, Blank Street Inc., and 298 Fifth Avenue Corp.
What happened
Darezzo v. Blank Street Inc. involved Claudio Darezzo’s case against Blank Street Inc. and 298 Fifth Avenue Corp. The court was told that the case had settled in principle.
The court discontinued the case without costs to any party. It allowed either party to seek restoration of the case within 45 days, while an application filed later could be denied solely because it was late.
Judge Abrams directed the Clerk of Court to close the case. The order also said that any request for the court to keep authority to enforce a settlement agreement had to place the agreement’s terms on the public record and receive the court’s approval within the same 30-day period stated in the order.
The detailed version
- Darezzo v. Blank Street Inc. · No. 1:22-cv-08958
- Ronnie Abrams
- Mar. 2, 2023
Background
The opinion states that the court was informed that the case had been settled in principle. The listed defendants were Blank Street Inc. and 298 Fifth Avenue Corp.; the plaintiff was Claudio Darezzo.
Court’s Action
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 the action was made within 45 days. The order added that an application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was filed late.
The court also stated that, if the parties wanted the court to retain 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 referenced in the order. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case. The order did not decide the underlying claims or describe the settlement’s terms.
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