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OCR: THE PRACTICE OF PERMFTTING COURTS To YACATE JUDGMENTS UPON SETTLEMENT WELL ESTABLISHED AND FFI ECTS SOUND POLICY: IT SHOULD NOT Now KT CURTAILEP There sound policy reasons why this Court should 10u abandon the rule announced in Munsingwear and its progeny. or limit the discretion granted by 28 U. 2106 and Fed. App 42(b) Vacation of judgments settlement widely accepted and employed by the courts, and curtai iling such practice will undoubtedly increase crowded appeliate dockets. ouL practice also protects the interests ot litigants pue particularly because the practice here concerns only judgments and not opinions it does not implicate the significant interests advanced by stare decisis Vacation of Judgments Upon Settlement Is a Widespread and Longstanding Practice. The prevailing practice ...