Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. Catellus Development Corp.

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• recognizing that the entry of such a consent decree \is often only the beginning of extended judicial involvement\
• concluding that district court abused its discretion by approving consent decree that did not properly define the enforcement mechanisms
• concluding that district court abused its discretion by approving consent decree that did not properly define the enforcement mechanisms
• noting that \[f]ederal courts operate according to institutional rules and procedures that are poorly suited to the management of state agencies\
• stating that questions about whether “the other federal statutes upon which plaintiffs rely . . . create an enforceable private right of action on their behalf . . . go to the merits of plaintiffs’ claims, not to the district court’s jurisdiction”
• describing ambiguities in which parties could enforce which provisions of the consent decree

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