PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
...Pleading
......Complaints in Intervention
.........Right to Intervene
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Ct. shall grant intervenor status when statute confers unconditional right to intervene or if one's rights will be impaired by disposition without his/her presence.

Public interest organization not entitled to intervene in lawsuit challenging Prop. 8's constitutionality where it could not show its interest was not adequately represented by the existing parties to the action.

Intervenor prosecuting shareholder's derivative action lacked standing to continue litigating case when he no longer owned stock in company as a result of a merger.

Holder of privilege had standing to assert privilege to prevent disclosure of confidential attorney-client communications but could not intervene as party where no interest in lawsuit.