Adams v. Gopher Group LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:22-cv-07004
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Adams v. Gopher Group LLC, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.
Joshua Adams, Gopher Group LLC, Delice & Sarrasin LLC, and 20 Christopher Street LLC; the parties had 30 days to seek restoration or request that the court retain authority to enforce a settlement.
What happened
In Adams v. Gopher Group LLC, the court was told that the parties had reached a settlement in principle.
The court discontinued the case without costs to any party and allowed either side to ask to restore it within 30 days. The clerk was directed to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also said that any settlement-enforcement request had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 30-day period.
The detailed version
- Adams v. Gopher Group LLC · No. 1:22-cv-07004
- Ronnie Abrams
- Apr. 20, 2023
Background The court was informed that the parties had settled the case in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement's 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 was made within 30 days. It stated that any application to reopen filed after that period might be denied solely because it was late. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
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.
Effect This order ended the case on the court's docket based on the reported settlement in principle. It did not decide the underlying claims.
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