Legal Opinion
Limbright v. Hofmeister
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 28, 2009No. 08-1731PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOGGS, Chief Judge.
In this case, we consider whether a district court may summarily enforce a settlement agreement that produced the dismissal of an earlier federal suit when the court has diversity jurisdiction over the breach-of-settlement-agreement controversy. We conclude that it may, and we therefore affirm the district court’s judgment.
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In 2001, James and Henry Limbright sued George and Kay Hofmeister in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky for breach of various agreements made in connection with the Hofmeisters’ purchase of the Limbrights’…
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