Montana Stipulation to Dismiss and Order

The opposing attorney may schedule a settlement conference with you and offer you what is known as a Stipulated Settlement, an agreement made between two opposing parties during the course of legal proceedings which admits wrongdoing and lays out the administrative sanctions and remedies required which can include

The courts in California may dismiss a case either with or without prejudice. Cases dismissed with prejudice cannot be reopened.

A stipulated (agreed) dismissal (see s. 799.24(3) of the Wisconsin Statutes) happens when the plaintiff and the defendant agree to have the judge dismiss the action and not enter a judgment against the defendant only if the defendant pays the plaintiff an agreed upon amount by a certain date.

In the formal legal world, a court case that is dismissed with prejudice means that it is dismissed permanently. A case dismissed with prejudice is over and done with, once and for all, and can't be brought back to court. A case dismissed without prejudice means the opposite.

A dismissal by stipulation is a dismissal without prejudice unless the parties otherwise agree and record their agreement in the text of the stipulation. Example of a State Statute and Case law on Stipulated Dismissal (Arizona)

When a small claims case is dismissed, the court terminates the case without a trial and prior to the case's completion. A dismissal, in effect, denies the plaintiff's claim to the money requested in the Small Claims Complaint (or a counterclaim), even though the merits of the case have never been heard by the court.

If the defendant's argument proves you do not have a valid claim, the lawsuit could be dismissed. This is called a directed verdict. You missed the statute of limitations or another deadline.

When a lawsuit is dismissed with prejudice, the court is saying that it has made a final determination on the merits of the case, and that the plaintiff is therefore forbidden from filing another lawsuit based on the same grounds. See also: dismiss, dismissal without prejudice.

Dismissal with prejudice is a final judgment and the case becomes res judicata on the claims that were or could have been brought in it; dismissal without prejudice is not.