He has been overseeing the reassessment under a consent decree to settle a suit from black homeowners charging that the old system had overtaxed them.
More than three years have passed since Westchester County signed a landmark consent decree to settle a fair-housing lawsuit — years the county and County Executive Rob Astorino have spent shirking their obligations, challenging the deal in court, and losing.
When the city originally signed the decree to settle a Justice Department complaint, nonwhites made up a mere 5% of the firefighter force.
In a synod (920) Nicholas issued a decree of union settling the tetragamy question by ordinarily limiting Greek Christians to three marriages but validating the fourth marriage of Leo VI for the good of the state in order to settle the imperial line of succession by a legitimate heir.
In a 102-page consent decree filed to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit, Justice Department officials and the departing governor of Puerto Rico, Luis G. Fortuño, agreed to far-reaching changes in the way the 17,000-member force recruits, trains, promotes and oversees its officers.
Officials of Senator Jesse Helms's 1990 re-election campaign signed a consent decree on Wednesday to settle a Justice Department complaint that the campaign was involved in a mailing intended to intimidate black voters.
The agreement is the result of a long investigation by the Justice Department and a consent decree announced in December to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit.
Federal officials have played a role overseeing the union since 1989 when the teamsters signed a consent decree allowing Government oversight to settle a lawsuit charging that the union had made a "devil's pact" with organized crime.
Lazard said the investigation of Mr. Cecola also involved Robert Wilkis, 37, a former Lazard employee who has signed a consent decree with the S.E.C. to settle civil complaints against him and who is cooperating in the Government investigation.
After the rejection of the constitution, European leaders decreed a "period of reflection" to settle fundamental questions about the direction of their club.
