Fund for Animals, Inc. v. Norton

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• holding the standards for constitutional standing and the second factor of the test for intervention as of right are the same
• finding that motion to intervene as defendant, filed less than two months after plaintiff’s complaint and before defendant’s answer, was timely
• explaining that “partial congruence of interests ... does not guarantee the adequacy of representation”
• stating that to establish standing, plaintiffs must allege injury-in-fact, causation, and redressability
• observing that a party’s standing to seek review of administrative action is typically “self-evident” when the party is the object of the action (citing Sierra Club v. 14 Envtl. Prot. Agency, 292 F.3d 895, 899-900 (D.C. Cir. 2002))
• allowing Mongolian entity to intervene where Secretary of Fish and Wildlife's decision to not list argali sheep as endangered indirectly benefitted Mongolian tourism and conservation industries

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