Legal Opinion

Gerstle v. Continental Airlines, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided October 2, 1972No. Nos. 72-1292, 72-1293PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

The narrow issue here to be resolved is whether the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to allow two would-be intervenors to join as parties plaintiff in a pending Civil Rights action. We conclude that in so doing the trial court did not abuse its discretion and that its order must therefore be affirmed. To end this opinion at this point is tempting, but to do so would tell little to the parties and nothing to the casual reader. Accordingly, we see no escape from relating considerable detail if our conclusion is to have meaning.

On August 18, 1969, Irmgard…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Gerstle v. Continental Airlines, Inc.District Court, D. Colorado · 1970
  2. Bumgarner v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray ReservationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
  3. W. W. Degge, Louise Degge, Guy G. Goyer, Madeleine Goyer, Howard F. Manning and Margaret J. Manning v. City of Boulder, ColoradoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964

3Cited by33 opinions

  1. In Re Piper Aircraft Distribution System Antitrust Litigation. Van-S-Aviation Corporation v. Piper Aircraft CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
  2. Intratex Gas Co. v. BeesonTexas Supreme Court · 2000
  3. Central Wesleyan College v. W.R. Grace & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
  4. Joslyn N. Williams and Robert L. Bostick v. L. Quincy Mumford, Librarian of CongressCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
  5. Jordan Jay King v. Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973

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