consent decree

The department had committed to doing so as part of a 1998 consent decree.

The new rules now have little impact because the consent decree is still in effect.

There were no black officers until after 1981 and the consent decree.

Not even government consent decrees have been able to change that.

We had 300-plus workers at the beginning of the consent decree, in January 1991, and now there are almost 1,000.

The consent decree has been a controversial subject in local news media.

The companies had assumed they would find one after the consent decree but before the deal was closed.

Wasn't that the whole reason they were under the consent decree?

According to the consent decree, preliminary design work must begin by March 1999.

The consent decree runs for six and a half years, starting yesterday.

The jail has been operating under a federal consent decree since 1993.

It was settled as a consent decree in August 1981.

New Jersey has five years to comply with the consent decree.

The consent decree also calls for a review of the restrictions every three years.

He said the inquiry was in compliance with the consent decree.

The terms of the settlement are described in a consent decree that will last for four years.

"We look forward to the day the government can have an exit strategy from the consent decree."

The court has been monitoring those prisons as part of a 1985 consent decree.

Now, the matter of the consent decree is left.

His brief explanation of what "consent decree" means is the best I have ever read.

Since 2001, the force has operated under a federal consent decree designed to protect civil rights.

Connecticut's child welfare system is also operating under a consent decree.

A longstanding consent decree requires the city to place the families within 24 hours.

After being cited for contempt, state officials agreed to a new consent decree in 1994.

That one ended with a consent decree - a form of conduct relief.