PROF'L FIREFIGHTERS ASS'N OF OMAHA v. ZALEWSKI

Nos. 11-1817, 11-3253.

678 F.3d 640 (2012)

PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION OF OMAHA, LOCAL 385; Omaha Police Officers Association, Local 101; Omaha Civilian Employees Association, Local 251; Civilian Management, Professional and Technical Employees Council; Jim Anderlik; Michael Piernicky; Bill Love; Terry Leahy, Plaintiffs/Appellees, Rick Bergholz; Mark Allen Lloyd; Stephen Bosilevac; Stephen B. Tyler; Dale A. Gruber, Intervenor Plaintiffs/Appellees, City of Omaha, a Municipal Corporation; Jim Suttle, Omaha Mayor, each in their official capacity; Ben Gray, Omaha City Council Member, each in their official capacity; Pete Festersen, Omaha City Council Member, each in their official capacity; Chris Jerram, Omaha City Council Member, each in their official capacity; Jean Stothert, Omaha City Council Member, each in their official capacity; Franklin Thompson, Omaha City Council Member, each in their official capacity; Thomas Mulligan, Omaha City Council Member, each in their official capacity, Defendants/Appellees, v. James Conrad ZALEWSKI, Interested Party/Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 7, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Corrigan , argued, Michael P. Dowd , Timothy S. Dowd , Dowd & Howard, Omaha, NE, for Plaintiffs/Appellees.

Maynard H. Weinberg , Weinberg & Weinberg, Omaha, NE, for Intervenor Plaintiffs/Appellees.

Robert F. Rossiter Jr. , argued, Timothy J. Thalken , Rebecca Ann Zawisky , Fraser & Stryker, Omaha, NE, for Defendants/Appellees.

James C. Zalewski , Demars & Gordon, Lincoln, NE, for Interested Party/Appellant.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, BEAM and BYE, Circuit Judges.


RILEY, Chief Judge.

James Conrad Zalewski (appellant), as counsel for a group of sixty-four retired City of Omaha (city) firefighters and their families, appeals the district court's1 approval of a class-action settlement agreement between the city and a certified class of active and retired city firefighters, police officers, civilian employees, and their unions. Appellant argues the district...

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