United States Seventh Circuit

Where litigants decided at a settlement conference that an agreement would contain certain clauses, but that further negotiation was necessary, the district court judge cannot conclude that the parties reached a binding settlement agreement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/30/2001
• Decided 06/14/2001
• Published 06/14/2001

Judges

• TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and POSNER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John P. Madden (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Janet M. Hendrick (argued), Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.