How to Use consent decree in a Sentence

consent decree

noun
  • The consent decree does not resolve all of the claims in the case.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The tribe is currently still bound by the rules of the consent decree.
    oregonlive, 26 June 2023
  • Exxon has agreed to the terms of the consent decree and plans to close the acquisition on May 3.
    Kevin Crowley, Fortune, 2 May 2024
  • The sad thing was the consent decree was supposed to have ended some years ago.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 16 Nov. 2022
  • And the result of the lawsuit wasn’t a law or a policy but a consent decree.
    Definition’, Curbed, 27 Sep. 2022
  • As part of the consent decree, the defendants agreed to end the use of the tournament system.
    H. Claire Brown, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Covenant Woods is to pay the woman the amount in full, according to a consent decree filed April 29.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 1 May 2024
  • The mayor added the consent decree means the city will not be subject to future penalties.
    John Benson, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Meyer said the consent decree is the next step to ensure that happens.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The Colorado Department of Law and the city will have 60 days to find an agreement on a consent decree.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Philips did not respond to questions about the consent decree, which still has to be approved by a judge.
    Michael Korsh, ProPublica, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The folks charged with making sure the city complies with the consent decree with the Justice Department.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Only when required by a consent decree did the city start to address the problem.
    Elizabeth Kryder-Reid, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Like Siletz, Grand Ronde faced the terrible choice imposed by the consent decree.
    oregonlive, 26 June 2023
  • Some of the public at the meeting spoke out against the DOJ’s potential oversight, concerned the city might rollover when the time came to sign a consent decree.
    Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The agreement would not fall under the consent decree, according to Daun.
    Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Retaliation was one of the issues that came up with the consent decree.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The consent decree itself was reached after the death of Freddie Gray in police custody in 2015.
    Phil Davis, baltimoresun.com, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The city and police department don’t need to wait for the planned consent decree that the two sides will negotiate, the report said.
    Steve Karnowski, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Nathan oversees a consent decree reached in 2018 between the agency, Musk and Tesla.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 22 Feb. 2022
  • But reforms have come slower than expected and the city has struggled to meet some of the consent decree’s deadlines.
    Don Babwin, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Now Akron has 30 days to notify the EPA of its intent to proceed with the formal dispute process as outlined in the consent decree.
    Megan Becka, cleveland, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Under the consent decree, AOII will waive or reimburse most fees charged to each member.
    Fox News, 7 July 2022
  • For years, Oliver has allowed the sides to work out issues in the reform process, which is spelled out in a consent decree the city reached with the Justice Department in 2015.
    John Caniglia, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Mayor John Cranley along with Isaac had sought to continue the consent decree’s goals.
    Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The monitoring team tracks violence and use of force in the jails as part of a 2015 consent decree between the Justice Department and the city.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 30 July 2024
  • Cantrell said officers are retiring and leaving the force because of the consent decree.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Boik added that if anyone in the department in 2015 had said that a consent decree would be a good a thing for the department, then they would have been ostracized.
    Gregory Pratt, chicagotribune.com, 1 Feb. 2022
  • In an effort to work around the consent decree, Mr. Adams had already adopted a series of rules to manage the strain that migrants have placed on the shelter system.
    Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Mayor Adams’ modifications to the right to shelter consent decrees for migrants were necessary.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024

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