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· 10/13/1958

Hvass v. Graven

Citations

  • 358 U.S. 835
  • 79 S. Ct. 58
  • 3 L. Ed. 2d 72
  • 1958 U.S. LEXIS 500

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  • holding that the timing of a motion to intervene, 8 filed after the parties had come to an agreement following five years of litigation, weighed heavily 9 against permitting intervention even though the agreement had not yet been officially approved 10 by the district court
  • emphasizing \ 'the seriousness of the prejudice which results when relief from long-standing inequities is delayed' \
  • \[T]he possibility of this settlement unraveling is so prejudicial that to allow the [city] to intervene at this late date would be tantamount to disaster\
  • multiple parties reached complex arrangement regarding future development of commercial airline activity at John Wayne Airport
  • fact that proposed intervenor waited until all the 9 parties had come to an agreement after five years of litigation weighed heavily against 10 intervention
  • unsuccessful applicant for intervention not precluded from taking other action

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