Wilson v. Illinois Central Railroad

JULIUS J. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

The motion of System Federation No. 99 of the Railway Employes’ Department, AFL-CIO, to intervene as a party defendant in this action is denied. The Federation is not entitled to intervene as a matter of right under Rule 24(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A., inasmuch as intervention of right exists only where an intervenor stands to gain or lose by direct legal operation of the judgment. Pure Oil Co. v. Ross, 7 Cir., 1948, 170 F.2d 651. The Federation will not be affected by any judgment which might be rendered in the instant proceeding.…