Hubbard v. Peairs

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• binding settlement agreement arose as soon as reported by parties in open court
• on motion to enforce settlement, judge held eviden-tiary hearing to resolve attorney’s alleged lack of authority to enter into settlement on plaintiffs behalf
• parties disclosed in open court that they had reached a settlement; court concluded that “the [subsequent] writing would serve only as a memorial of an already binding agreement”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).