How to Use intervenor in a Sentence

intervenor

noun
  • As intervenors in the case, the groups will file briefs in support of the net neutrality repeal order and may play a role in oral arguments.
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Lastly, the tribe argues that the district court erred by entering judgment against it as an intervenor.
    News Service Of Florida, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 June 2018
  • The statute does not mention intervenors, and attorneys for the groups seeking the records argue that intervenors should not be allowed.
    Travis Loller The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Finally, the plan required the district to notify the intervenors in the case of plans for constructing schools and for adding capacity to existing schools.
    Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 28 Dec. 2019
  • But then the Florida Department of Revenue joined the case as an intervenor, arguing that the court had no standing to administer tax laws.
    Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, 30 May 2017
  • Outside the courtroom, though, intervenors are sometimes less discreet.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The only pushback in the court hearing came from attorneys representing the recall’s proponents and Jenner, who joined the case as an intervenor.
    John Myers, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2021
  • It was backed by The American Petroleum Institute and other industry groups, which joined the suit as intervenors for the defense.
    Insideclimate News, NOLA.com, 13 June 2017
  • However, the judge overseeing the case rejected all of the intervenors’ arguments.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2023
  • Rosenfield added that Lara’s new transparency requirements for intervenors were a welcome change.
    Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The state of Indiana participated in the case as an intervenor, meaning it was granted the right to observe and submit legal documents in support of the plaintiffs.
    Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Myers, the legal aid lawyer who represents an intervenor in the lawsuit, remains skeptical that housing will ever catch up to shelter.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Four Indian groups from the Lower 48 joined the federal government as intervenors.
    Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2019
  • More online companies defend net neutrality As an intervenor in the case, the ESA can be represented in oral arguments and would file briefs in support of the lawsuit.
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Lawyers for the intervenors did not immediately return a request for comment.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2023
  • Notably, settlement relief for borrowers who attended one of the three intervenor schools that challenged the agreement is still on hold while those schools appeal to a higher federal court.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Maine political leaders often echo these points, and the state has backed the industry as an intervenor in multiple federal lawsuits.
    Jon Kamp, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2022
  • As an intervenor in the docket, the borough could challenge the final EIS or regulatory commission decision.
    Larry Persily, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The commission denied Braun’s request for intervenor status.
    Anna Mulhern, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The civil case has sprawled into a quagmire of extensive discovery battles, a special master, intervenors, and counterclaims that has bounced among several judges in three counties.
    Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Elections director Ryan Cowley declined to comment for this article as his office filed as an intervenor against Orten and Andersen in their lawsuit.
    Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2022
  • The intervenors should keep him permanently, Baird concluded.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Other energy companies, including Calpine and Exelon, also joined the suit as intervenors.
    Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Attorneys for the intervenors argued that solar could be applied more broadly across Alabama Power’s system with or without battery storage.
    Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 16 Mar. 2020
  • An environmental group with intervenor status in the case, Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness, made similar arguments in its own motion to dismiss late Monday.
    Steve Karnowski, The Seattle Times, 6 June 2017
  • Although intervention has never been challenged before, the court pointed to intervenors in other public records cases, including one who testified before the Tennessee Supreme Court.
    Travis Loller The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023
  • But Consumer Watchdog, the consumer advocacy group that serves as intervenor in the majority of rate filing cases, fundamentally disagrees with Lara’s approach.
    Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • But Sempra executives in recent months assiduously garnered support from all 10 intervenors — such as consumer advocates, business interests and government groups — to help smooth the way for the commission to approve the deal.
    Rob Nikolewski, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The ballot measure, known as Proposition 103, also created the intervenor compensation system and made the commissioner directly responsible to voters.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2022

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