Ligas, Stanley v. Maram, Barry S.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

The appellants are the representatives of a number of developmentally disabled people who were worried that they might have been unwilling members of a proposed class in a lawsuit filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Fearing that the remedy being sought by the plaintiffs was contrary to their wishes, they sought to intervene. The plaintiffs and defendants opposed the intervention, and the district court denied the petition. The intervenors appeal that decision, and we affirm.

I. Background

This case arises in the context of a much larger debate over the proper…