Legal Opinion
Cook v. Powell Buick, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 5, 1998No. 98-30146PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Chief Judge:
Harry T. Cole, III, Medical Heritage, Inc., Linda Meany, Pressley A. Kibbe, Scott Simmons, Elmo J. Pitre, III, Daniel J. Daigle, and Leo M. Prange, Jr. moved to intervene in this class action. The district court denied their motion. The proposed intervenors now appeal that denial and the final judgment approving a negotiated settlement agreement. For the reasons assigned, we dismiss the appeal as to the settlement agreement and affirm as to the denial of intervention.
BACKGROUND
In 1994 Billy Cook and Barry Kuperman filed this action seeking certification of a plaintiff…
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