State ex rel. Ideker, Inc. v. Grate

ALOK AHUJA, Judge.

Relator Ideker, Inc. moved to intervene as of right in a lawsuit pending before Respondent, Judge Jack R. Grate, in the Circuit Court of Jackson County. The underlying lawsuit challenges the validity of an air emissions permit previously issued to Ideker, as well as the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ intent to issue a further ,air emissions permit to Ideker. Judge Grate denied Ideker’s motion to intervene, and the company then filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this Court. We issued a preliminary writ and ordered full briefing and argument. Because Ideker…