Balanza Asia Co Ltd v. Expeditors International of Washington Inc
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:22-cv-08574
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Balanza Asia v. Expeditors, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs and allowed restoration within 30 days.
Balanza Asia Co. Ltd., Expeditors International of Washington, Inc., and Hyundai Merchant Marine Company, Ltd.; the case was closed, subject to a possible application to restore it within 30 days.
What happened
Balanza Asia Co. Ltd. v. Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. included a third-party action involving Hyundai Merchant Marine Company, Ltd. The opinion states that the case had been settled.
The court discontinued the action without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket if an application was made within 30 days.
Judge Ronnie Abrams directed the Clerk of Court to close the case. Any request to enforce the settlement through the court had to place the settlement terms on the public record and obtain the court’s approval within the same 30-day period.
The detailed version
- Balanza Asia Co Ltd v. Expeditors International of Washington Inc · No. 1:22-cv-08574
- Ronnie Abrams
- Jan. 12, 2024
Background
Balanza Asia Co. Ltd. was the plaintiff, and Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. was the defendant. Expeditors also brought a third-party action against Hyundai Merchant Marine Company, Ltd. The opinion states that the case had been settled.
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 stated that any application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late.
The court also stated that, if the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction to enforce the 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
This was a procedural order discontinuing the settled case; the opinion did not decide the underlying dispute or describe the settlement’s terms.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.