Legal Opinion
Guttenberg v. Emery
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 23, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2013-2046PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN D. BATES, United States District Judge
Resolving litigation over an earlier dispute, two dentists signed a settlement agreement that included a non-disparagement clause. Despite that agreement, one dentist (and his wife) allegedly badmouthed the other, spawning this lawsuit and a flurry of motions, oppositions, and replies. This dentists’ quarrel has run its course, however. Now before the Court is [35] plaintiffs motion to voluntarily dismiss his case based on defendant’s family emergency. Upon consideration of the parties’ filings, the applicable law, and the entire…
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