BENDERS v. BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR HIGHER EDUC.

Civ. A. Nos. 88-059P, 88-060P and 88-071P.

728 F.Supp. 839 (1990)

William E. BENDERS v. The BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION and Frank Knight, Administrator of Rhode Island Employees' Compensation Fund, as defendant in interpleader. (Two Cases) JEAN E. BENDERS v. The BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION and Frank Knight, Administrator of Rhode Island Employees Compensation Fund, as defendant in interpleader.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

January 5, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmond A. DiSandro, Providence, R.I., for plaintiffs.

Marvin A. Brill, Providence, R.I., and Thomas E. Clinton, Boston, Mass., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

One of the definitions of "settlement" is "[t]o fix or resolve conclusively; to make or arrange for final disposition." Black's Law Dictionary 713 (abridged 5th ed. 1983). The "settlement" reached in these cases defies that definition. This Court is being asked, post-settlement, to resolve conclusively how the final disposition of this suit should appear. The problem is not the parties to the settlement...

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