Legal Opinion
Scotty Grubbs, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Proposed Intervenor/appellant v. Stephen H. Norris
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 17, 1989No. 87-5196PublishedCited by 172 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEITH, Circuit Judge:
The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (“Metro”) appeals the decision of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Ten*344nessee denying its application to intervene by right as a plaintiff in this civil rights action involving conditions of confinement in Tennessee prisons. For the reasons set forth below, we REVERSE the decision below, and REMAND the case to the district court with instructions to grant the motion to intervene.
I. FACTS
On August 11, 1980, Tennessee’s prison inmates brought suit against state corrections defendants…
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