Legal Opinion

City of Hartford v. Chase

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided August 14, 1991No. 1394, Docket 91-7074PublishedCited by 97 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OAKES, Chief Judge:

The City of Hartford and David T. Chase, et al., appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Peter C. Dorsey, Judge, interpreting, and — as will be discussed below — modifying, a prior order he had issued formalizing the settlement of a lawsuit between appellants. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse the judgment of the district court and remand for further proceedings.

BACKGROUND

This appeal stems from arrangements between the City of Hartford (the “City”) and a number of developers (the “Developers”), related to the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

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