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NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE v. UNITED GAS PIPE LINE

No. 82-3194.

690 F.2d 1203 (1982)

NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC., Plaintiff, Ernest Morial, et al., Movants-Appellants, v. UNITED GAS PIPE LINE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 8, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McGlinchey, Stafford & Mintz, Donald R. Mintz, Constance Charles Willems, New Orleans, La., for movants-appellants.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, C. Murphy Moss, Jr., Robert G. McIver, Victoria L. Knight, New Orleans, La., James M. Costan, Kevin W. McLean, Douglas Knox Bemis, Jr., W. DeVier Pierson, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG, WILLIAMS and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Consumers and certain city officials bring this appeal from a district court order denying their motion under Fed.R.Civ.P. 24(a) and (b) for leave to intervene in this lawsuit. We find that the consumers have no right to intervene. However, we reverse the decision denying intervention to the government officials, and remand.

I. BACKGROUND

New Orleans Public Service, Inc., (NOPSI), is a private corporation holding...

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