Legal Opinion
City of Chicago v. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 17, 2011No. 10-3544PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Six airlines appeal from the denial of their motion to intervene in a suit between the City of Chicago and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (the other defendant, FEMA’s director, is a superfluous party). The airlines sought intervention under Fed.R.Civ.P. 24(a) (intervention as a matter of right) and alternatively under Rule 24(b) (permissive intervention).
The airlines are users of the O’Hare and Midway Airports, which are owned by the City of Chicago. Their rights as users are defined by contracts with the City that are called “Use Agreements.” In both 1999 and…
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