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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