· 6/23/1986
White Farm Equipment Co. v. Joseph G. Kupcho, D/B/A Haufler Equipment Wanda Kupcho and Kup Equipment Co.
Citations
- 792 F.2d 526
- 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 26378
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- upholding a district court’s entry of a judgment that accurately reflected the substance of a settlement agreement
- “[a] settlement agreement is a contract, but, when incorporated into a judgment, [it] becomes a court decree”
- “a federal court may hold [the parties] to their word by incorporating the terms of their agreement into a final judgment”
- “A settlement agreement is a contract, but, when incorporated into a judgment, becomes a court decree.”
- “[C]hallenges to a settlement agreement based on interpretation of an ambiguous term, capacity to contract, fraud, or indefiniteness of a term all turn on the applicable state law.”
- affirming judgment that incorporated the terms of the parties’ settlement
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Judges: Rubin, Politz, Johnson
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