Legal Opinion
United States v. Reserve Mining Co.
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided August 9, 1976No. 5-72 Civ.-19PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
DEVITT, Chief Judge.
The City of Cloquet, claiming that its water supply, drawn from Lake Superior, has been damaged by defendant Reserve Mining Company’s discharges of industrial wastes, seeks to intervene in this lawsuit in order to impose liability on Reserve. Cloquet contends that either Rule 24(a)(2)—in-tervention of right—or 24(b)(2)—permissive intervention—authorizes its participation in this lawsuit. Defendants counter by arguing that this controversy between Reserve and Cloquet is not within the court’s subject matter jurisdiction and that this application is not…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Intervenor-Appellant v. Honeywell, Inc. v. Sperry Rand CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Honeywell, Inc. v. Sperry Rand Corp.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1971
3Cited by2 opinions
- United States v. Reserve Mining Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Reserve Mining CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976