HAMMON v. BARRY

Civ. A. Nos. 84-0903 (CRR), 85-0782 (CRR).

752 F.Supp. 1087 (1990)

Marvin K. HAMMON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Marion S. BARRY, Jr., et al., Defendants. Kevin Michael BYRNE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Theodore R. COLEMAN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

As Amended November 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan A. Burt and Dovey J. Roundtree, Washington, D.C., for Hammon plaintiffs.

George H. Cohen, Robert M. Weinberg, and Jeremiah A. Collins of Bredhoff & Kaiser, Washington, D.C., for Byrne plaintiffs and Local 36.

Dr. Herbert O. Reid, Sr., District of Columbia Corp. Counsel, Martin L. Grossman, Deputy Corp. Counsel, George C. Valentine, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Claude Bailey, Sp. Counsel for Corp. Counsel, and Theresa Jenkins, Counsel for D.C. Fire Dept., for defendants.

Joel P. Bennett, Washington, D.C., for Joseph L. Smith and certain retired firefighter members of Hammon class.

Margie A.S. Lehrman, Washington, D.C., for widow of Ronald Washington, deceased firefighter.

Janet Cooper, Washington, D.C., for Donald F. Drury, member of Byrne class.

Stephen A. Saltzburg, Washington, D.C., Sp. Master.


CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.

On August 20, 1990 the three parties to the above-captioned class action lawsuit— the class of black firefighters ("Hammon plaintiffs" or "Hammon class"), the class of white firefighters ("Byrne plaintiffs" or "Byrne class"), and the District of Columbia defendant ("the City")—executed a Settlement Agreement through duly authorized counsel. See Agreement, Appendix I. The two-part Settlement Agreement clearly...

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