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· 12/13/1991

Moore v. Western Surety Co.

Citations

  • 140 F.R.D. 340
  • 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18812
  • 1991 WL 279569

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that “[a] careful reading ... indicates that by ‘litigation of this sort,’ the court meant enforcement actions brought by government plaintiffs.”
  • finding that a motion to intervene as of right filed ten weeks after an action commenced was timely
  • applying a different test to cases where the government is defending the legality of its actions or laws than where the government is suing as parens patriae
  • public interest group that “took an active role” in drafting a law “has a clear interest in the continuing constitutional viability of that law.”
  • motion to intervene made ten weeks after the complaint had been filed was timely

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Judges: Davidson

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