Shelby County Board Of Education v. Memphis City Board of Education et al

Filing 293

ORDER granting 292 Motion to Intervene. Signed by Judge Samuel H. Mays, Jr on 07/09/2012.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
WESTERN DIVISION

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SHELBY
COUNTY, TENNESSEE, et al.,

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Plaintiff/CounterDefendant,
v.
MEMPHIS CITY BOARD OF
EDUCATION, et al.,
Defendants.

THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF SHELBY
COUNTY, TENNESSEE,
Third-Party Plaintiff,
v.
ROBERT E. COOPER, JR., et al.,

Third-Party Defendants.

No. 11-2101

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ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO INTERVENE

Before

the

Court

Collierville,

City

(collectively,

the

of

is

the

City

Bartlett,

“Municipalities”)

of
and
July

Germantown,
City
9,

of
2012

Town

of

Lakeland’s
motion

to

intervene under Rule 24 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
(the “Motion”).

(See ECF No. 292; see also Mem. in Supp. of
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Mot. to Intervene, ECF No. 292-1.)

On July 5, 2012, the Court

granted Third-Party Plaintiff the Board of County Commissioners
of Shelby County, Tennessee’s (the “Commissioners”) motion for
leave to file a third-party complaint.

(See ECF No. 290.)

The

Municipalities seek to intervene to protect their interests in
referenda elections scheduled for August 2, 2012.

The referenda

elections address the creation of municipal school districts.
The Municipalities argue that they “have a substantial legal
interest in the outcome of the case and their interests may be
irrevocably impaired” if they are not permitted to intervene.
(Mem. in Supp. 3.)
For
GRANTED.

good

cause

shown,

the

Municipalities’

Motion

is

The Municipalities are permitted to intervene in the

above-captioned

matter

and

to

file

their

response

to

the

Commissioners’ request for injunctive relief.
So ordered this 9th day of July, 2012.

s/ Samuel H. Mays, Jr._______
SAMUEL H. MAYS, JR.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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