Samra v. Shaheen Business & Investment Group, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “oral settlement agreements are not enforceable in . . . the District of Columbia where the terms of the agreement bring it within the prohibitions of the applicable statute of frauds” (internal citation omitted)
• describing established contract principle that contractual “obligation to pay money is not discharged until the payee actually receives the money”
• where there' is diversity of citizenship among the parties, the applicable choice of law rules are those of the forum state
• “ ‘Whether parties have reached a valid settlement is a question of contract law.’”
• identifying “clear and convincing evidence” standard for approval of settlement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).