MARTENS v. THOMANN

Docket Nos. 00-7688(L), 00-7768 and 00-7772(CON).

273 F.3d 159 (2001)

Pamela K. MARTENS, Judith P. Mione, Cara Beth Walker and Teresa Tedesco, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Kent Spriggs and John Davis, Appellants, v. Roberta O'Brien THOMANN, Robin Tompkins, Patricia Hanlon, Lorraine Parker, Bette Laswell, Jennifer Alvarez, Marianne Dalton, Patricia Clemente, Simone Schwendener, Edna Broyles, Stephanie Rodruck, Danielle Saccone, Beverly Trice, Lori Hurwitz, Lydia Klein, Eileen Valentino, Mary Ann Cabell, Ardis Vinnecour, and Tracy Gibbs, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Smith Barney Inc., a/k/a Shearson/American Express, Shearson Lehman Hutton, a/k/a Shearson Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., a/k/a Shearson Lehman Brothers, Smith Barney/Shearson, Inc., James Dimon, Nicholas Cuneo, The New York Stock Exchange and The National Association of Securities Dealers, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Phelan and Joseph D. Garrison, Garrison, Phelan, Levin-Epstein, Chimes & Richardson, New Haven, CT, for plaintiffs-appellants Pamela K. Martens, Judith P. Mione, Cara Beth Walker, and Teresa Tedesco; and appellants Kent Spriggs and John Davis.

Kent Spriggs, Spriggs & Davis, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for plaintiffs-appellants Cara Beth Walker and Teresa Tedesco.

Linda Friedman, Stowell & Friedman, Ltd., Chicago, IL (Max Fischer, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Brad S. Karp, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York, NY (Joyce S. Huang, Daniel J. Toal, on the brief), for defendant-appellee Smith Barney Inc.

Jerry G. Traynham, Patterson & Traynham, Tallahassee, FL, (submitted brief) for amici curiae Lisa Mays, Marianne Dalton, Edna Broyles, Danielle Saccone, and Cindy Van Lammeren.

Sally P. Dunaway, Thomas W. Osborne, Laurie A. McCann, AARP Foundation Litigation, Melvin Radowitz, AARP, Washington, DC, (submitted brief) for amicus curiae AARP.

Paula Brantner, National Employment Lawyers Association, San Francisco, CA, Margaret A. Harris, Butler & Harris, Houston, TX, (submitted briefs) for amicus curiae NELA.

Before: CALABRESI and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.


SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.

This opinion addresses three separate appeals arising out of a Title VII class action: (1) two class representatives, plaintiffs-appellants Cara Beth Walker and Teresa Tedesco, appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Constance Baker Motley, Judge) denying their motion to enforce a class action settlement agreement, and seek reassignment of the case to a different judge on remand...

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