CAMP DOUGLAS RESCUE, INC. v. KLINGE-WEST, 17-cv-358-wmc. (2017)
Court: District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Number: infdco20170609h14
Visitors: 13
Filed: Jun. 08, 2017
Latest Update: Jun. 08, 2017
Summary: ORDER WILLIAM M. CONLEY , District Judge . The court previously questioned whether this dispute presents an actual case or controversy satisfying the jurisdictional elements of Article III, Section II of the Constitution. (5/16/17 Order (dkt. #4).) In response, plaintiff Camp Douglas Rescue, Inc., submitted a brief explaining its position. In particular, plaintiff directs the court to caselaw holding that: (1) absent approval from this court, the parties' settlement of defendant Joni Klinge
Summary: ORDER WILLIAM M. CONLEY , District Judge . The court previously questioned whether this dispute presents an actual case or controversy satisfying the jurisdictional elements of Article III, Section II of the Constitution. (5/16/17 Order (dkt. #4).) In response, plaintiff Camp Douglas Rescue, Inc., submitted a brief explaining its position. In particular, plaintiff directs the court to caselaw holding that: (1) absent approval from this court, the parties' settlement of defendant Joni Klinge-..
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ORDER
WILLIAM M. CONLEY, District Judge.
The court previously questioned whether this dispute presents an actual case or controversy satisfying the jurisdictional elements of Article III, Section II of the Constitution. (5/16/17 Order (dkt. #4).) In response, plaintiff Camp Douglas Rescue, Inc., submitted a brief explaining its position. In particular, plaintiff directs the court to caselaw holding that: (1) absent approval from this court, the parties' settlement of defendant Joni Klinge-West's Fair Labor Standards Act claims could be void and unenforceable; and (2) such approval is required even in settlements of individual claims for the parties' dispute to be fully resolved. (Pl.'s Resp. (dkt. #5).) The court, therefore, is satisfied that it has subject matter jurisdiction over the narrow, remaining matter of review of the settlement under the FLSA.
Accordingly, the parties should promptly proceed with the process contemplated in paragraph 1 of the proposed settlement agreement. (Dkt. #2-3.)
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