Does a settlement agreement need to be enforceable?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Ortiz v. Reynolds, No. 2:10-cv-1380-MCE-EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2017):
Courts treat settlement agreements as contracts. Rouser v. White, 825 F.3d 1076, 1081 (9th Cir. 2016). The court construes plaintiff's letter as a motion to enforce the settlement agreement. Accordingly, the question before the court is whether defendants have substantially complied with the agreement. Id. at 1081-82. Defendants have substantially complied if any
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