PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
...Pleading
......Complaints in Intervention
.........Permissive Intervention
............Examples
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  • Order denying intervention as of right but allowing permissive intervention with restrictions is appealable post-judgment.
  • Ct. has discretion to deny intervention if interest of intervenor outweighed by original litigants' concerns re potential delay and multiplicity of actions.
  • State Farm had statutory right under CCP 387 (b) to intervene in its insureds' construction defect suit where it obtained partial subrogation rights against 3d parties by paying part of insureds' property damage claims.
  • Intervenor need not have pecuniary interest in dispute or property at issue in litigation.
  • No abuse of discretion in denying Prop 22 Legal Defense & Ed Fund's motions to intervene in marriage cases where it identified no direct or immediate effect a judgment in the cases may have on it or its individual members.
  • Intervenor’s interest in defeating proposed ballot initiative did not justify permissive intervention in action involving interpretation of local statute re amendments to city charter.
  • Intervenor must have direct, immediate interest in outcome, showing it will gain or lose by legal effect of judgment; right to intervene more likely when party shows bad faith re intervenor.
  • No intervention where interest of party seeking to intervene is consequential, not direct, unless party can show special circs convert consequential into direct interest.
  • If party fails to prosecute or defend in good faith, interest may become direct and immediate enough to allow intervention.
  • Charitable corps. objecting to disposition of assets of dissolving corp. could not intervene in AG action as their interests not sufficiently direct or immediate.
  • In representative suit, member of class on behalf of which P brought suit may intervene.
  • No right to intervene where outcome of litigation not binding on applicant.


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