Federal Power Commission v. Consumer Federation of America

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a fifteen month delay was excessive
• affirming a district court's conclusion that the impairment prong had not been met by an intervenor who had already sought relief in a separate pending action
• “Here petitioner’s interests in defeating foreclosure are adequately represented by the receiver, who has the same interests and who is represented by petitioner’s own counsel.”
• “Certainly the adjudication of the rights of the original parties would be unduly delayed here because the lawsuit ... is already pending on a motion for summary judgment.”
• “[T]he court below has not yet decided that [the defendant] has no standing to pursue these claims, and it is premature to assume that it will do so.”
• “[T]he court below has not yet decided that [the defendant] has no standing to pursue these claims, and it is premature to assume that it will do so.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).