Morris v. Gaspero’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently June 2014
2 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 141 (§ 1 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act))
Relies on Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · County of Dakota v. Glidden · Aro Corp. v. Allied Witan Co. · Corporation v. Raymond International Inc · Hicks v. ABT Associates, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Settlement is a judicially favored manner for terminating litigation. Petty v. General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Co., 365 F.2d 419, 421 (3d Cir.1966). Moreover, “(a)n agreement to settle a lawsuit, voluntarily entered into, is binding upon the parties, whether or not made in the presence of the court, and even in the absence of a writing.” Green v. John H. Lewis & Co., 436 F.2d 389, 390 (3d Cir.1970); Good v. Pennsylvania R.R. Co., 384 F.2d 989, 990 (3d Cir.1967). A trial court before whom a case is pending may enforce a settlement agreement voluntarily entered into by the parties. Berger v. Grace Line, Inc., 343 F.Supp. 755, 756 (E.D.Pa.1972), aff'd, 474 F.2d 1339 (3d Cir.1973); Aro Corp. v. Allied Witan Co., 531 F.2d 1368, 1372 (6th Cir.1976); Meetings & Expositions, Inc. v. Tandy Corp., 490 F.2d 714, 717 (2d Cir.1974). The authority of the trial court to enforce a settlement agreement has as its foundation the policy favoring the amicable adjustment of disputes and the avoidance of costly and time-consuming litigation. Rosso v. Foodsales, Inc., 500 F.Supp. 274, 276 (E.D.Pa.1980). Federal and state courts have held under a great variety of circumstances that a settlement agreement voluntarily entered into cannot be repudiated by ei ther party and will be enforced by the Court. Kelly v. Greer, 365 F.2d 669, 671 (3d Cir.1966), citing Cummins Diesel Michigan, Inc. v. The Falcon, 305 F.2d 721, 723 (7th Cir.1962). When plaintiff voluntarily and knowingly entered into the se”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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