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Keepseagle v. Vilsack

Citations

  • 118 F. Supp. 3d 98
  • 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 97574
  • 2015 WL 4510837

How courts have described this case

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  • suggesting the Government settled this case because it “implicate[s] deep-seated interests of justice” even if “the government’s legal defense may be relatively strong”
  • suggesting the Government settled this case because it “implicated deep-seated interests of justice” even if “the government’s legal defense may be relatively strong”
  • “Sweeping settlements with the three groups, [Tony] West [Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Civil Division], argued, would eliminate legal risks and smooth relations between the Agriculture Department and important constituencies.”
  • rejecting request for additional distribution because settlement agreement did not provide for such distribution
  • analyzing 10 modification of an incorporated settlement agreement under Rule 60(b) without written 11 agreement of the parties despite the incorporated agreement only permitting modification 12 pursuant to written agreement of the parties
  • settlement agreement modifications are proper if done in accordance with the settlement agreement terms

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Judges: Sullivan

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