Fifth Circuit· 11/20/1998

Ruiz v. Estelle

Citations

161 F.3d 814
42 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 600
1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 29549
1998 WL 809293

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explaining that \of the cases cited in Diamond \—including 36.96 Acres—“only Kelly maintains that Article III (and not just Rule 24(a)(2) & 24(b)(2)) requires intervenors to possess standing.”
abuse-of-discretion standard applies to denials of intervention as of right if based on a finding of untimeliness
“Once a valid Article III case- or-controversy is present, the court’s jurisdiction vests. The presence of additional parties, although they alone could independently not satisfy Article Ill’s requirements, does not of itself destroy jurisdiction already established.”
“Article III, § 2 limits federal courts’ jurisdiction to ‘cases’ and ‘controversies.’”

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Judges: King, Garwood, Higginbotham

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