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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Apr. 6, 2023

FNTV, LLC v. Interactive One, LLC

Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Docket
1:23-cv-00684
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureContract
In one sentence

In FNTV v. Interactive One, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.

Who this affects

FNTV, LLC and Interactive One, LLC; the action was closed, subject to a possible application to restore it within 30 days.

What happened

FNTV, LLC v. Interactive One, LLC was reported to the court as settled in principle.

The court discontinued the case without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it if an application was made within 30 days. The court also said any request to retain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement had to place the agreement on the public record and obtain the court’s approval within that period.

Judge Ronnie Abrams ordered the Clerk of Court to close the case.

The detailed version

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

Case
FNTV, LLC v. Interactive One, LLC · No. 1:23-cv-00684
Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Date
Apr. 6, 2023

Background

The court stated that the parties had reported the case settled in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or provide the terms of the reported settlement.

Order

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 30 days. It stated that any application to reopen filed after 30 days could be denied solely because it was late.

The court further stated that, if the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction 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.

Effect

This order ended the case on the court’s docket based on the reported settlement in principle. It did not decide the underlying legal claims. The opinion does not state whether the settlement was finalized or identify its terms.

The authoritative version

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