Turnbo v. Hamlett

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “With respect to the preclusive effect of a consent decree on nonparties, . . . the same principles of res judicata and collateral estoppel that govern ordinary judgments come into play.”
• U.S. could not intervene in litigation initiated by white firefighters who were not parties to previous litigation since U.S. was a party to that litigation; rather, U.S. should seek a show cause order or move to have previous decree modified
• U.S. could not intervene in litigation initiated by white firefighters who were not parties to previous litigation since U.S. was a party to that litigation; rather, U.S. should seek a show cause order or move to have previous decree modified
• prior consent decrees do not preclude subsequent independent Title VII suits

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).