Legal Opinion
Rhode Island Federation of Teachers, Afl-Cio v. John H. Norberg, Appeal of J. Fred Lipkind
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 21, 1980No. 79-1558PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
The parents of school-age Rhode Island children appeal denial of their motion to intervene as of right as party defendants in a suit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against a Rhode Island statute granting a state income tax deduction for expenses incurred in sending children to public and private primary and secondary schools in New England. We affirm the denial of intervention, not on the basis of untimeliness, as held by the district court, but on the grounds that the parents failed to plead a colorable defense to the challenged statute.
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