Opinion ID: 1433776
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: The Settlement's Collapse

Text: After the conference, Tesche and the Williamses' attorney began to draft settlement papers. On September 11, twelve days after the conference, Dickerson notified the court that over seven days had passed, but defendants had not tendered the papers or the $6,500. She filed her own proposed settlement stipulation. It said, inter alia, that she is solely responsible for clearing the new road's freedom from Wetland ... violation with the Corps. On September 13 Tesche delivered settlement papers to Dickerson. On September 16 Dickerson moved the court to award her costs and fees; to find defendants in contempt for their lateness; and to enforce the agreement, presumably as embodied in her stipulation. Defendants moved to enforce the agreement as embodied in their papers. Meanwhile, Dickerson had asked the Corps on September 4 to determine whether the 50' strip includes federal wetlands. On September 23 they told her that it does. She moved the court to nullify the agreement, to modify it to restore the public easement fully to 200', or to order a new settlement conference.