context: But they are wrong to do so. The District Court indisputably had subject-matter jurisdiction over the plaintiffs' suit and that suit had not yet been dismissed when the defendants sought to enforce the settlement agreement that they claimed had been reached. Thus, if the District Court correctly concluded that the parties had reached a final, oral settlement agreement, the District Court had subject-matter jurisdiction to enforce it when it purported to do so. Kokkonen does not block a district court from enforcing a settlement agreement before the underlying suit has been dismissed.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 170 F.3d 217, 220
citation_a.parenthetical: "If ... the settlement collapses before the original suit is dismissed, the party who seeks to keep the settlement intact may file a motion for enforcement."
citation_a.sentence: See Malave v. Carney Hosp., 170 F.3d 217, 220 (1st Cir.1999) (“If ... the settlement collapses before the original suit is dismissed, the party who seeks to keep the settlement intact may file a motion for enforcement.”); see also Fid. & Guar. Ins. Co. v. Star Equip. Corp., 541 F.3d 1, 4-5 (1st Cir.2008) (same); Bandera v. City of Quincy, 344 F.3d 47, 51-52 (1st Cir.2003) (concluding district court erred by failing to hold an evidentiary hearing to enforce an alleged settlement agreement before proceeding to trial).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 344 F.3d 47, 51-52
citation_b.parenthetical: concluding district court erred by failing to hold an evidentiary hearing to enforce an alleged settlement agreement before proceeding to trial
citation_b.sentence: See Malave v. Carney Hosp., 170 F.3d 217, 220 (1st Cir.1999) (“If ... the settlement collapses before the original suit is dismissed, the party who seeks to keep the settlement intact may file a motion for enforcement.”); see also Fid. & Guar. Ins. Co. v. Star Equip. Corp., 541 F.3d 1, 4-5 (1st Cir.2008) (same); Bandera v. City of Quincy, 344 F.3d 47, 51-52 (1st Cir.2003) (concluding district court erred by failing to hold an evidentiary hearing to enforce an alleged settlement agreement before proceeding to trial).