Ungar v. Arafat

How courts have described this case

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• noting that an appellate court \may affirm a judgment on any independently sufficient ground made manifest in the record\ (citing Banco Popular de P.R. v. Greenblatt, 964 F.2d 1227, 1230 (1st Cir.1992))
• finding intervention appropriate where resolution of the action could prevent the movant from bringing a related claim
• rejecting claim that district court abused discretion by conclusorily denying intervention as of right because appellate court could review record and \gauge whether the court applied the . . . factors appropriately\
• “An interest that is too contingent or speculative—let alone an interest that is wholly nonexistent—cannot furnish a basis for intervention as of right.”

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