iff ' s ▁case , ▁Judge ▁Perry ▁dismiss ed ▁the ▁case . ▁The ▁Pla int iffs ▁appe aled ▁and ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Court ▁of ▁App e als ▁for ▁the ▁Se vent h ▁Circ uit ▁revers ed , ▁ordering ▁the ▁case ▁to ▁be ▁ret ried . ▁ ▁More ▁than ▁a ▁de cade ▁after ▁the ▁case ▁had ▁been ▁file d , ▁the ▁suit ▁was ▁finally ▁settled ▁for ▁$ 1 . 8 5 ▁Mill ion . ▁The ▁two ▁families ▁each ▁shared ▁in ▁the ▁settlement . ▁ ▁Jeff rey ▁Ha as , ▁who , ▁together ▁with ▁his ▁law ▁partners ▁G . ▁Fl int ▁Taylor ▁and ▁Dennis ▁C unning ham ▁and ▁att orney ▁James ▁D . ▁Mont gom ery , ▁were ▁the ▁att or ne ys ▁for ▁the ▁pla int iffs ▁in ▁the ▁federal ▁suit ▁Ham pton ▁v . ▁Han ra han , ▁wrote ▁a ▁book ▁about ▁these ▁events . ▁He ▁said ▁that ▁Chicago ▁was ▁worse ▁off ▁without ▁Ham pton : ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁the ▁Chicago ▁City ▁Council ▁un anim ously ▁passed ▁a ▁resolution , ▁introduced ▁by ▁then - A ld erman ▁Mad eline ▁Ha ith cock , ▁comm emor ating ▁December ▁ 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁as ▁" F red ▁Ham pton ▁Day ▁in ▁Chicago ". ▁The ▁resolution ▁read ▁in ▁part : ▁" F red ▁Ham pton , ▁who ▁was ▁only ▁ 2 1 ▁years ▁old , ▁made ▁his ▁mark ▁in ▁Chicago ▁history ▁not ▁so ▁much ▁by ▁his ▁death ▁as ▁by ▁the ▁hero ic ▁efforts ▁of