ASPEN TRAILS RANCH, LLC v. Simmons

specially concurs.

¶71 I specially concur in the Court’s Opinion, although I also agree with Landowners’ argument, on brief, that Aspen Trails’ motion to intervene after judgment was untimely. Read together, our cases hold that post-judgment motions to intervene are generally disfavored and that once the litigation has commenced and the potential intervenor has had notice and the opportunity to move to intervene, but fails to do so, then intervention after the litigation has concluded and judgment entered is untimely and should be denied. See Connell v. Dept. of Social and Rehab. Serv., 2003…