Opinion ID: 195592
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Heading: The Standard. In its definitive statement

Text: 1. The Standard. concerning the scope of consent decrees, the Supreme Court explained that a court cannot lend its imprimatur to a settlement unless:
resolve a dispute within the court's subject matter jurisdiction; (2) it `come[s] within the general scope of the case made by the pleadings'; and (3) furthers the objectives upon which the complaint was based. Local No. 93, Int'l Ass'n of Firefighters v. Cleveland, 478 U.S. 501, 525-26 (1986); (citations omitted); accord Conservation Law Found. v. Franklin, 989 F.2d 54, 59 (1st Cir. 1993). We apply this standard to the consent decrees at issue as a means of testing appellants' twin objections. 2. Natural Resource Damages. Appellants' complain