DOROSHOW

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (22 total)

• Williams v. The City OF NEW Orleans, 729 F.2d 1554 (5th Cir. 1984)
  …nkdorn, 2 Cir.1980, 613 F. 2d 18, cert. [*1581] denied, 1981, 449 U.S. 840, 101 S.Ct. 117, 66 L.Ed.2d 46; Girsh v. Jepson, 3 Cir.1975, 521 F. 2d 153. . See Officers for Justice v. Civil Service Comm'n, 9 Cir.1982, 688 F. 2d 615, cert. denied, 1983, 459 U.S. 1217, 103 S.Ct. 1219, 75 L.Ed.2d 456, holding that a settlement must stand or fall as a whole. Id. at 630. . Although the public objectives embodied in the Civil Rights Act warrant a careful review of the provisions of a proposed consent decree, the cle…
• Fontaine Davis v. City & Cnty. OF SAN Francisco, 890 F.2d 1438 (9th Cir. 1989)
  …niversally applied standard” to determine whether the settlement is “fundamentally fair, adequate and reasonable.” Officers for Justice v. Civil Service Comm’n of the City and County of San Francisco, 688 F. 2d 615, 625 (9th Cir.1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1217, 103 S.Ct. 1219, 75 L.Ed.2d 456 (1983).5 [*1445] A district court’s approval of a consent decree is reviewed for abuse of discretion. Officers for Justice, 688 F. 2d at 625-26. An appellate court will reverse approval of a consent decree “only upon…

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• In re Dennis Greenman Securities Litigation. Leon Namoff v. Merrill Lynch, 829 F.2d 1539 (11th Cir. 1987)
  …cation accompanied the notice of settlement. In reviewing settlement certifications, a special standard has been employed. See, e.g., Officers for Justice v. Civil Service Commission of San Francisco, 688 F. 2d 615, 633 (9th Cir.1982), cert, denied, 459 U.S. 1217, 103 S.Ct. 1219, 75 L.Ed.2d 456 (1983) (“[Cjertification issues raised by class action litigation that is resolved short of a decision on the merits must be viewed in a different light.”); In re Chicken Antitrust Litigation, 560 F.Supp. 957, 960 (N.…