BECKMAN INDUSTRIES, INC. v. INTERNATIONAL INS. CO.

Nos. 90-55859, 90-55871.

966 F.2d 470 (1992)

BECKMAN INDUSTRIES, INC.; Smithkline Beckman, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Stauffer Chemical Company, Intervenors-Appellees, v. INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. BECKMAN INDUSTRIES, INC.; Smithkline Beckman, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Monsanto Company; Reichhold Limited; FMC Corporation; Bridgestone/Firestone, Intervenors-Appellees, v. INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn Doi, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Andrew Lundberg, Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Jeffrey B. Maletta, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Washington, D.C., for intervenor Stauffer Chemical Co.

Karen L. Bush, Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky, Washington, D.C., and David W. Steuber, Hill Wynne Troop & Meisinger, Los Angeles, Cal., for intervenors Monsanto Co., Reichhold Limited, FMC Corp. and Bridgestone-Firestone, Inc.

Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, BROWNING and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges.


FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:

International Insurance Company ("International") appeals orders of the district court granting motions of the intervenors to (1) intervene under Fed.R.Civ.P. 24(b) and (2) modify a protective order to permit the intervenors access to six deposition transcripts taken in an earlier action. International contends that the intervenors failed both to satisfy the requirements for intervention and to justify modification of the protective order...

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