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Smuck v. Hobson
FRCP 24 governs intervention, which allows a third party to insert itself into a lawsuit. Originally seen in courts of admiralty, intervenors can join a lawsuit (under certain conditions) to assert their own interest in the proceedings. Though courts typically were wary of intervenors, who could, in many cases, have brought their own lawsuit, the growing complexity of litigation, along with an increasing number of cases mixing private and public interests, led to the adoption of Rule 24 and the broadening of the scope of intervention. See generally, David L. Shapiro, Some Thoughts on Intervention Before Courts, Agencies, and Arbitrators, 81 Harv. L. Rev. 721 (1968).
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