Larry Flynt v. George Lombardi
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
[Published]
2Per curiam
Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 24(b), Larry Flynt, a publisher, moved to intervene in two cases brought by Missouri death row prisoners challenging Missouri’s protocol for carrying out executions, for the limited purpose of seeking to unseal court records and docket entries. The district court denied Flynt’s motions to intervene, holding that Flynt’s' generalized interest in the subjects of the litigation did not justify intervention. We reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
Prisoners on Missouri’s death row brought two cases against Missouri’s Department of Corrections. In the…
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