Legal Opinion
Ricci v. Okin
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 17, 2011No. Civil Action 72-0469-JLT, 74-2768-JLT, 75-3910-JLT, 75-5023-JLT, 75-5210-JLTPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
TAURO, District Judge.
I. Introduction
Local 509, Service Employees International Union (“Union”) seeks to intervene in this case so as to restore the underlying litigation to this court’s active docket. The Union argues that Defendants, in particular the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, are not in compliance with this court’s 1993 Disengagement Order. Presently at issue is the Union’s Motion for Permissive Intervention Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 21(b) [#283]. For the reasons detailed below, the Union’s Motion is DENIED.
I. Background
From 1972 to 1993, this court actively presided over a…
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