Legal Opinion
Purcell v. BankAtlantic Financial Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 25, 1996No. 94-4831, 94-5079PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises from the district court’s denial of American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. (“ABC”)’s motion to intervene and from the district court’s entry of a stipulated judgment vacating the jury verdict in a class action in which ABC sought to intervene. ABC argues that due to the potential collateral estoppel effect that the jury verdict could have in a separate libel action between it and certain defendants in the class action, ABC should be permitted to intervene to argue against the vacatur of that verdict. For the reasons discussed below, we hold that ABC…
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