Legal Opinion
Connie Smith v. Connie Arnett
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 23, 2019No. 17-2378; 17-2607; 17-2610; 17-3443PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERICKSON, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal four groups of prospective intervenors-the Arnett I, Arnett II, Charter Land Co. LLC, and Wyborny appellants-challenge the district court's 1 denials of their motions to intervene in a class action lawsuit by named plaintiff Connie Jean Smith against SEECO, Inc., *402 et al. 2 They also challenge the district court's procedures for opting-out from the class. We affirm the district court's ruling that Charter Land's motion to intervene was untimely, and dismiss the remaining appeals for lack of jurisdiction.
I. Background
Connie Jean Smith filed a putative…
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