Legal Opinion
Brenda L. Shaffer v. Gte North, Inc
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 28, 2002No. 01-1486, 01-1707PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SHADUR, District Judge.
This consolidated appeal involves a variant of the frequently-encountered situation in which litigants, having agreed on the terms of a settlement but not having fully implemented its terms, obtain a dismissal order from the district court in the interim. Because such situations continue to provide a trap for the unwary despite the teaching of a unanimous 1994 Supreme Court decision (and despite the earlier announcement of the selfsame principles, plus the subsequent adherence to that teaching, by this court), we write for publication here.
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3Cited by47 opinions
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