WESTLANDS WATER DIST. v. UNITED STATES

No. 81-4500.

700 F.2d 561 (1983)

WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America; U.S. Department of Interior, et al., Defendants-Appellees, v. ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, INC., Applicant for Intervention-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Graff, Patricia Wells, Berkeley, Cal., for applicant for intervention-appellant.

Adolph Moskovitz, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Sacramento, Cal., Anne S. Almy, David Shilton, Washington, D.C., David Shilton, Land & Natural Res. Div., Washington, D.C., for appellees.

Before MERRILL, WRIGHT and CHOY, Circuit Judges.


MERRILL, Circuit Judge:

The Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. ("EDF") appeals from the denial of its application for intervention as of right under Rule 24(a), F.R.Civ.P., and for permissive intervention under Rule 24(b).1 EDF sought to intervene in an action for declaratory and injunctive relief brought by Westlands Water District ("Westlands") against the United States, the Department of the...

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