Legal Opinion
Stringfellow v. Concerned Neighbors in Action
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 9, 1987No. 85-184PublishedCited by 332 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
The question before us is whether a district court order granting permissive intervention but denying intervention as of right is immediately appealable.
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This case is part of the ongoing litigation concerning the Stringfellow Acid Pits, an abandoned hazardous waste disposal site near Glen Avon, California. Petitioners are 28 individuals, companies, or entities who formerly owned or operated the Acid Pits, or who allegedly produced or transported the wastes that were dumped at the disposal site. In 1983 the United States and the State of California filed suit against petitioners, claiming…
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