Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Espy
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 28, 1994No. 93-05150PublishedCited by 209 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Texas Forestry Association (“TFA”) and the Southern Timber Purchasers Council (“STPC”), two trade associations representing most of the purchasers of timber from the Texas national forests, appeal the district court’s denial of their motion to intervene in this lawsuit between the Sierra Club and the Secretary of Agriculture. Concluding that movants satisfied the requirements of Fed. R.Crv.P. 24(a) for intervention as a matter of right, we reverse.
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Three environmentalist groups initiated a lawsuit in 1985 to challenge certain United States Forest Service…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by209 opinions
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