Task: songer_interven

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Intervenors who participated as parties at the courts of appeals should be counted as either appellants or respondents when it can be determined whose position they supported. For example, if there were two plaintiffs who lost in district court, appealed, and were joined by four intervenors who also asked the court of appeals to reverse the district court, the number of appellants should be coded as six.
Your task is to determine whether one or more individuals or groups sought to formally intervene in the appeals court consideration of the case.

PER CURIAM.
Now on this day this cause coming on to be heard in open court upon arguments presented by J. A. II. Barkeij in proper person and F. B. Yoakum, Jr., of attorneys for defendants Ford Motor Company, etc., et al., and
It appearing that Barkeij heretofore on March 4, 1955, filed a “Request for Remand to lower court” and on March 22, 1955, counsel for defendant Ford Motor Company filed a motion to strike plaintiff’s document entitled “Request for Remand to lower court” and the Court being fully advised in the premises, it is hereby
Ordered that the document entitled “Request for Remand to lower court” and all supporting papers be stricken from the file.

Question: Did one or more individuals or groups seek to formally intervene in the appeals court consideration of the case?
A. no intervenor in case
B. intervenor = appellant
C. intervenor = respondent
D. yes, both appellant & respondent
E. not applicable
Answer:

Answer: B