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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)

Citation
Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
Parent Document
Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
1994-05-12

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b. MHFA’s motion to intervene. On appeal, Thomas renews her objection to intervention by MHFA. Massachusetts Rule of Civil Procedure 24 (b), 365 Mass 769 (1974), governing permissive intervention, provides, in pertinent part, that “[ujpon timely application anyone may be permitted to intervene in an action . . . when an applicant’s claim or defense and the main action have a question of law or fact in common.”3 A judge has broad discretion in deciding whether to permit intervention. See Massachusetts Fed’n of Teachers v. School Comm. of Chelsea, 409 Mass. 203, 209 (1991); Corcoran v. Wigglesworth Mach. Co., 389 Mass. 1002, 1003 (1983).