Bishop v. National Labor Relations Board

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

The parties in this case came to court prepared to argue the mysteries of permissive intervention and intervention of right as set out in Rule 24 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. During oral argument, however, it developed that the parties were not in a state of certitude as to whether the district court had jurisdiction of the ease in which appellants were attempting to intervene. After reading the supplemental briefs submitted by the parties at our request and considering the matter further, we are convinced that the district court had no jurisdiction over…