Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc.

Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc.
Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc.
	Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 5, 2017
Full case name	Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc.
Docket no.	16-605
Citations	581 U.S. ___ (more)
Holding
	A litigant seeking to intervene as of right under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(a)(2) must meet the requirements of Article III standing if the intervenor wishes to pursue relief not requested by a plaintiff.
Court membership
	Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas; Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer; Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor; Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch
Case opinion
Majority	Alito, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
	Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(a)(2)

Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc., 581 U.S. ___ (2017), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that a litigant seeking to intervene as of right under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(a)(2) must meet the requirements of Article III standing if the intervenor wishes to pursue relief not requested by a plaintiff.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc., No. 16-605, 581 U.S. ___ (2017).
^ "Opinion analysis: Standing, intervention and a narrow disposition". SCOTUSblog. 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2024-12-04.

Text of Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc., No. 16-605, 581 U.S. ___ (2017) is available from: Justia

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