Court Opinion

ID: 9469998
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 02:54:23.954795+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:41:40.174868
License: Public Domain

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge,
dissenting:
I respectfully dissent from so much of the majority opinion on rehearing as holds that it was an abuse of discretion to deny the city officials’ requested permissive intervention under Rule 24(b). As relief is sought only under the private contract between NOPSI and United, and the contract creates no rights in third parties, the city has no rights to enforce against United in this suit. And since the Louisiana Public Service Commission (which does not seek to intervene), and not the city, has all the rate and other relevant regulatory authority over NOPSI, as we have now been made aware, intervention by the city will not significantly promote dispute resolution economy or prevent the possibility of inconsistent results. Accordingly, in my opinion denial of permissive intervention by the city officials was not an abuse of discretion.