“Nearly any consent decree can be viewed simultaneously as a ‘crackdown or a sellout.’” Judge Michael J. Hogan of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Union County, mentions this quote from legal scholar William H. Rodgers Jr. in the beginning of his 81-page opinion approving New Jersey’s $225 million settlement with Texas-based Exxon Mobil Corp.
The recent ruling upheld a consent judgment between the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Exxon that resolves the state’s claims for natural resource damage against Exxon.
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