UNITED AIRLINES, INC. v. McDONALD

No. 76-545.

432 U.S. 385 (1977)

UNITED AIRLINES, INC. v. McDONALD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart Bernstein argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

Thomas R. Meites argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Lynn Sara Frackman and Kenneth N. Flaxman.


MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

Federal Rule Civ. Proc. 24 requires that an application to intervene in federal litigation must be "timely." In this case a motion to intervene was filed promptly after the final judgment of a District Court, for the purpose of appealing the court's earlier denial of class action certification. The question presented is whether this motion was "timely" under Rule 24...

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