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CITY OF DORA v. BEAVERS

1950160, 1950856.

692 So.2d 808 (1997)

CITY OF DORA v. Ralph BEAVERS, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 28, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry K. Selman and James C. Brakefield of Selman & Selman, Jasper, for Appellant.

Mark B. Craig, Decatur, for Ralph Beavers.

Thomas Nicholson of Maddox, MacLaurin, Nicholson & Thornley, Jasper, for Walker County, Walker County Commission, Joe Kimbrell, Horace Ivey, Joe Love, Woody Henderson, Donald Tittle, and Walker County Solid Waste Disposal Authority.

J. Hunter Phillips and Mark M. Lawson of Burr & Forman, Birmingham, for Browning-Ferris Industries of Alabama, Inc., and Walker County Disposal, Inc.

SEE, Justice.

These appeals arise out of the trial court's denial of the City of Dora's motion to intervene in a protracted class action settlement proceeding. Finding no abuse of discretion, we affirm.

I.

In 1991, Ralph Beavers and a number of other Walker County residents filed an action seeking a declaration of their rights and an injunction against Browning-Ferris Industries of Alabama, Inc. ("BFI"), to prohibit construction of a sanitary solid...

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