Ellis

OPINION AND ORDER

After six years of hard-fought litigation, negotiations which continued until the eve of trial resulted in a Consent Decree (herein “the Decree”) settling a Title VII class action brought by a plaintiff class of 2,500 consisting of all past, present, and future black, Hispanic, and Filipino civilian employees and applicants for civilian employment at the Naval Air Rework Facility and the Naval Air Station, both situated in Alameda, California. Named as defendants in the action are the United States of America, the Department of the Navy, the Department of Defense, the United States Civil Service Commission, the Naval Air Rework Facility, the Naval Air Station, and various officers of the United States charged with the responsibility for managing the facilities which allegedly engaged in discriminatory employment practices (herein collectively referred to as “NARF”). An appeal was taken from an order of this Court overruling objections made by 3 of a class of 2,500 to the Decree. The Court of Appeals remanded the case to this Court “in *17 order that a reasoned response to appellants’ objections can be forthcoming.” Saunders v. Naval Air Rework Facility, 608 F.2d…