[Howlin]

"This settlement is the product of a cooperative effort between Florida Attorney General Bob Butterworth and the State of Florida -- John Relman, who represents the plaintiff's attorneys -- and Bill Lann Lee, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. This type of cooperation, at the federal and state level, as well as between the public sector and the private sector, should serve as a model for the future.

[kcvl]

The same group has brought bias lawsuits against the Denny's restaurant chain, Circuit City Stores Inc., the U.S. Labor Department and the CIA.