Elwell v. Shaw

How courts have described this case

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

• treating a post-judgment denial of motion for fees pursuant to a proposal for settlement as a final appealable order
• “[P]roposals for settlement are to be interpreted by the same principles governing the interpretation of contracts.”
• “[P]arties should not ‘nit-pick’ the validity of a proposal for settlement based on allegations of ambiguity unless the asserted ambiguity could ‘reasonably affect the offeree’s decision’ on whether to accept the proposal for settlement.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).