LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:
In this case, two lawyers told the court that they had reached an agreement regarding an attachment proceeding, each one assuming that the other shared his understanding of the terms read into the record. This action for damages for breach of that alleged settlement agreement well illustrates the hazards of such assumptions.
On April 14, 1980, the plaintiff Mefer S.A.R.L. of Paris, France ("Mefer") sued...
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