Legal Opinion
Municipality of San Juan v. Rullan
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 24, 2003No. 02-2071PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This case involves the power of a district court, after a settled case has been voluntarily dismissed under Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(a)(l)(ii), to police the settlement through summary enforcement proceedings. We hold that a district court does not retain supplemental enforcement jurisdiction over a settlement after granting a Rule 41(a)(1)(h) motion unless the parties either have agreed to incorporate the terms of the settlement into the dismissal order or have executed a stipulation authorizing the court to retain jurisdiction over the implementation of the settlement. Because…
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