Colorado Springs v. Northern Colo. Water Conservancy Dist.

ELR Citation: ELR 20267
No(s). 08-1154 (10th Cir. Nov 25, 2009)

The Tenth Circuit held that a proposed intervener may not establish standing, and thus federal court jurisdiction over its motion to intervene, by "piggybacking" on the standing of an existing party to a lawsuit over which the district court has retained jurisdiction but within which there is no cur...