Legal Opinion
Olam v. Congress Mortgage Co.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided October 15, 1999No. C95-2806 WDBPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED ORDER AND OPINION RE DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO ENFORCE SETTLEMENT
BRAZIL, United States Magistrate Judge.
INTRODUCTION — MAJOR ISSUES PRESENTED
The court addresses in this opinion several difficult issues about the relationship between a court-sponsored voluntary mediation and subsequent proceedings whose purpose is to determine whether the parties entered an enforceable agreement at the close of the mediation session.
As we explain below, the parties participated in a lengthy mediation that was hosted by this court’s ADR Program Counsel — an employee of the court who is both a lawyer and an…
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