Legal Opinion
The County of Fresno v. Cecil D. Andrus, National Land for People, Inc., Applicant for Intervention-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1980No. 78-1973PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NELSON, Circuit Judge:
National Land for People, Inc. (NLP) appeals from the District Court’s denial of its Fed.R.Civ.P. 24(a)(2) motion to intervene as of right. This appeal arises out of an action the County of Fresno and others brought to enjoin the Secretary of the Interior from promulgating regulations governing excess land sales until an environmental impact statement was prepared. NLP is a group of small farmers and would-be farmers who seek the opportunity to purchase federally irrigated excess land in the Westlands Water District. It asserts that it is entitled to intervene as of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- William E. Nuesse, Commissioner of Banks, State of Wisconsin v. William Camp, Comptroller of the CurrencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Smuck v. HobsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Robert Blake v. Sant Pallan v. Willie R. Barnes, Commissioner of Corporations of the State of California, Plaintiff-In-Intervention/appellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Bryant v. YellenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Johnson v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by79 opinions
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- Sierra Club v. Us Environmental Protection Agency, and City of Phoenix, Intervention-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- Sagebrush Rebellion, Inc. v. WattCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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