holding that a district court's inherent power summarily to enforce a settlement agreement concerning an action before it, confers subject matter jurisdiction to enforce a post-dismissal action to enforce such an agreement
Summary of this case from Langley v. Jackson State UniversityNo. 92-16628.
May 18, 1993.
E.D.Cal.
AFFIRMED
holding that a district court's inherent power summarily to enforce a settlement agreement concerning an action before it, confers subject matter jurisdiction to enforce a post-dismissal action to enforce such an agreement
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Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Date published: May 18, 1993
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