CHANEL, INC.
v.
PETUNIAS OF NAPLES AND CLAUDETTE WILLIS

M.D. Fla. | 2025-10-01
No. 2:25-cv-384
2025 FFL 33087 District Court, M.D. Florida (2025)

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Synopsis

Chanel, Inc. sought relief against Petunias of Naples and Claudette Willis. The parties reached a settlement and stipulated to a permanent injunction and dismissal with prejudice. The court adopted the stipulated injunction in part and dismissed the case with prejudice.


Holding

The court adopted the Stipulated Permanent Injunction in part and dismissed the case with prejudice. The court retained jurisdiction over enforcement, construction, and modification of the Stipulated Permanent Injunction but declined to retain jurisdiction over the settlement agreement's enforcement, construction, or modification.


Headnotes

[1] A stipulation of dismissal filed pursuant to Fed. …

[2] A court may adopt in part a stipulated permanent injunction.

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“is self-executing and dismisses the case upon it becoming effective”

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The parties stipulated to a Permanent Injunction and filed a Stipulation of Dismissal With Prejudice. The stipulated injunction requested that the cou…

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Opinion of the Court

Before the Court are the parties' Stipulated Permanent Injunction (Doc. 19) and Stipulation of Dismissal With Prejudice (Doc. 20). In their stipulated dismissal, the parties ask the Court to issue an order on the parties' Stipulated Permanent Injunction before dismissing the case. (Doc. 20).

Upon review of the filings and given the parties' agreement, the Court adopts in part the Stipulated Permanent Injunction. [fn 1] As for the parties' stipulation of dismissal with prejudice, it is self-executing. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii); Anago Franchising, Inc. v. Shaz, LLC, 677 F. 3d 1272, 1278

[fn 1]: The stipulated injunction asks the Court to retain jurisdiction to make “any further orders necessary or proper for the enforcement, construction, or modification” of the stipulated injunction and the parties' settlement agreement. (Doc. 19). The Court declines to retain jurisdiction over the settlement agreement's enforcement, construction, or modification. The remainder of the stipulated injunction is adopted.

(11th Cir. 2012) (finding a stipulation filed pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) “is self-executing and dismisses the case upon it becoming effective”).

Accordingly, it is now

ORDERED:

1. Except as otherwise outlined in this Order, the Stipulated Permanent Injunction (Doc. 19) is adopted and incorporated herein as part of this Order.

2. This case is DISMISSED with prejudice.

3. The Court retains jurisdiction over the enforcement, construction, and modification of the Stipulated Permanent Injunction.

4. The Court declines to retain jurisdiction over enforcement, construction, or modification of the parties' settlement agreement.

DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on October 1, 2025.

Sheri Polster Rappell

SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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