O'Neil v. White Cat Media, Inc.
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:23-cv-02586
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 1
In O'Neil v. White Cat Media, Judge Abrams discontinued the case without costs and without prejudice to restoration within 30 days.
Robert O’Neil and White Cat Media, Inc., the parties to the discontinued action.
What happened
In O'Neil v. White Cat Media, Inc., the court was told that the parties had settled the case in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying dispute or the settlement terms.
The court ordered the action discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket if an application was made within 30 days. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case. An application filed later may be denied solely because it was late. The parties could ask the court to retain authority to enforce a settlement only if they placed the settlement terms on the public record and obtained the court’s approval within the same 30-day period.
Judge Ronnie Abrams issued the order on June 14, 2023. The order ended the case based on the reported settlement in principle, rather than deciding the underlying dispute.
The detailed version
- O'Neil v. White Cat Media, Inc. · No. 1:23-cv-02586
- Ronnie Abrams
- June 14, 2023
Background
The court was informed that the case had been settled in principle. The opinion does not state the claims, describe the underlying dispute, or provide the terms of any settlement.
Ruling
Judge Abrams 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 stated that an application to reopen filed after that period may be denied solely because it was filed late.
The court also stated that, if the parties wanted it to retain jurisdiction—that is, authority to enforce the settlement agreement—the settlement 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 of the Order
The order disposed of the case based on the reported settlement in principle and did not decide the underlying legal dispute. It did not state the terms of any settlement or whether a final settlement agreement had been completed.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.