Document Type

Article

Publication Title

University of Chicago Legal Forum

Abstract

The distinction between binding strangers and compromising their interest by consent decree is critical for understanding the protracted litigation in Wilder v. Bernstein. The consent decree entered by the American Civil Liberties Union ("ACLU") and the City of New York in Wilder v. Bernstein, represents a case where the parties to the consent decree labored with considerable success to impose substantial costs upon third parties, here chiefly Catholic and Jewish charities with whom the City had long done business. It is therefore useful to discuss the case briefly to give some sense of the dangers (some might say possibilities) that lurk behind consent decrees, especially in the context of public interest litigation.

First Page

209

Volume

1987

Publication Date

1987

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