Legal Opinion

Wilder v. Bernstein

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided February 23, 1994No. 78 Civ. 957 (RJW)PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERT J. WARD, District Judge.

Plaintiffs have moved to hold defendants in contempt of the Stipulation of Settlement (the “Wilder Stipulation”) issued as a final order by this Court on February 19, 1987. In argument over the merits of the pending contempt motion, a dispute arose over the *526interpretation of the stipulation; namely, whether or not the stipulation applied to children in kinship foster care. For the reasons that follow, this Court finds that, as a matter of law, the provisions of the Wilder Stipulation unambiguously apply to children in kinship foster care.

BACKGROUND

The contempt…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Burford v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Local Number 93, International Ass'n of Firefighters v. City of ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. United States v. ITT Continental Baking Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. United States v. Armour & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Berger v. HecklerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Tronox Inc. v. Kerr-McGee Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2017
  2. Marisol A. v. GiulianiDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1999
  3. Wilder v. BernsteinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
  4. Wilder v. BernsteinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
  5. Brill v. WingDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1996

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