Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Board of Education of the Rochester City School District
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided December 16, 1999No. 6:93-cv-06158PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LARIMER, Chief Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
On December 15, 1997, this Court, having been advised by counsel that the matter had been settled, entered an order of dismissal and the case was closed. The parties thereafter executed a confidential settlement agreement on December 31, 1997, which was never filed with the Court. 1
On November 16, 1998, plaintiffs then-attorney filed an Order to Show Cause seeking to enforce the settlement agreement or to reopen the original cause of action. The Court attempted to resolve the disputes and eventually directed the parties , to proceed before…
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- John Lucille v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Torres v. CostichDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1996
3Cited by3 opinions
- Murphy v. Board of Education of the Rochester City School DistrictDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 2003
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