The Moosehead Sanitary District v. S. G. Phillips Corporation, Etc., State of Maine

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• holding that the applicant’s argument that the plaintiff may be tempted to settle a claim in a way unfavorable to the applicant, where the applicant made no indication that “any such settlement was in the offing,” was insufficient to demonstrate inadequate representation
• noting that prospective intervenor did not suggest that “Moosehead’s attorneys are sleeping on their oars”
• holding that the applicant’s argument that the plaintiff may be tempted to settle a claim in a way unfavorable to the applicant, where the applicant made no indication that “any such settlement was in the offing,” was insufficient to demonstrate inadequate representation
• adequate representation found when sanitary district’s attorneys were not “sleeping on their oars”
• must be more than “speculation” concerning inadequacy of representation
• must be more than \speculation\ concerning inadequacy of representation

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