Editing Consent decree (section)

===Third parties and public interests===
The consent decree can impact those outside of the [[party (law)|parties]], who resolve their disputes with a consent decree, especially in settling [[public institution (United States)|institutional]] reform and [[United States antitrust law|antitrust]] cases.{{sfn|Fieweger|1993|p=1025}}{{sfn|Stedman|1965|p=647}}{{sfn|Keating|1992|pp=186–187}} From ''[[Rufo v. Inmates of the Suffolk County Jail]]''<ref name=rufo /> and ''[[Swift and Company v. United States|Swift & Co. v. United States]]'',<ref name=":7" /> the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] acknowledges that "the effects of the decree on [[Third-party beneficiary|third parties]] and the [[public interest]] should be taken into account when determining whether or not a change in fact warrants&nbsp;... the decree".{{sfn|Fieweger|1993|p=1024}}{{sfn|Keating|1992|p=191}} There is criticism that "the antitrust consent decree is an opaque form of [[government regulation]] that operates without many of the [[checks and balances]] that constrain and shape ordinary [[regulatory agency|regulatory]] programs".{{sfn|Epstein|2007|p=vii}} So, some argue that the use of consent decrees in [[United States antitrust law|antitrust]] cases and with [[public institution (United States)|public institutions]] can negatively affect [[third-party beneficiary|third parties]] and [[public interest]]s.{{sfn|Stedman|1965|p=629}}{{sfn|Isenbergh|Rubin|1940|pp=407, 409}}{{sfn|Keating|1992|p=165, 187}}{{sfn|Mengler|1987|p=292}}