Legal Opinion
Cosby v. Department of Social Services
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 8, 1992No. 90-P-884PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreenberg, J.
We must decide the right of a labor union to intervene in litigation between several union members and their employer. The plaintiffs, who belong to Local 509, Ser*393vice Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC (the union), brought an action seeking injunctive relief against the Department of Social Services (DSS).3 After a judge of the Superior Court granted the plaintiffs a preliminary injunction, but before the case had proceeded to trial, the union moved to intervene as a defendant under Mass.R.Civ.P. 24(a)(2), 365 Mass. 769 (1974). We reverse the order denying this motion.4
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