Barcia v. Sitkin

OPINION

ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.

A consent judgment and decree (“Consent Judgment”) was approved by the court on July 29, 1983, in settlement of consolidated class action lawsuits concerning the practices and procedures of the New York State Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board (“Appeal Board”). Presently before the court is plaintiffs’ motion for contempt, enforcement, and modification of the Consent Judgment.

I

This protracted litigation consists of several consolidated class action suits challenging the practices and procedures of the Appeal Board, a body established by the state of…