SIERRA CLUB v. ESPY

No. 93-5150 Summary Calendar.

18 F.3d 1202 (1994)

SIERRA CLUB, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Mike ESPY, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of Agriculture, et al., Defendants, Texas Forestry Association and Southern Timber Purchasers Council, Movants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 31, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven P. Quarles, J. Michael Klise, Thomas R. Lundquist, Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC, James R. Cornelius, Zeleskey, Cornelius, Hallmark, Roper & Hicks, Lufkin, TX, for appellants.

Barbara Lowe, Philadelphia, PA, for Sierra Club & the Wilderness Soc.

Edward C. Fritz, Dallas, TX, for Texas Comm. of Natural Resources.

Before GARWOOD, SMITH, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Texas Forestry Association ("TFA") and the Southern Timber Purchasers Council ("STPC"), two trade associations representing most of the purchasers of timber from the Texas national forests, appeal the district court's denial of their motion to intervene in this lawsuit between the Sierra Club and the Secretary of Agriculture. Concluding that movants satisfied the requirements of FED. R.Civ.P. 24(a) for intervention as a matter of right...

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