Clark v. Elza

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that merits of enforceability of settlement agreement are completely separate from merits of underlying tort claim
• stating that an agreement to settle a case is to be treated as a binding contract and finding that the underlying tort action should have been barred from proceeding in violation of the settlement agreement
• declining to consider an issue not raised in either the petition or a cross-petition for certiorari
• declining to consider an issue not raised in either the petition or a cross-petition for certiorari
• order denying motion to enforce oral settlement of tort action, albeit not final, nonetheless was appealable as within the collateral order exception
• “As long as the basic requirements to form a contract are present, there is no reason to treat such a settlement agreement differently than other contracts which are binding.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).