United States DC Circuit

Orders denying a defendant's motion for expanded intervention and overruling certain trial testimony objections in a civil RICO action filed by the United States against several tobacco companies are affirmed where the district court did not abuse its discretion by finding the motion for intervention untimely, and defendant lacked standing to appeal regarding the objections.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/17/2006
• Decided 02/17/2006
• Published 02/20/2006

Judges

• Before:  SENTELLE, RANDOLPH and GRIFFITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jack McKay argued the cause for appellant.   With him on the briefs were Barry H. Gottfried and Alvin Dunn.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark R. Freeman, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellee.   With him on the briefs were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern and Alisa B. Klein, Attorneys, Sharon Y. Eubanks, Director, Stephen D. Brody, Deputy Director, and Frank J. Marine, Senior Litigation Counsel.