How to Use intervenor in a Sentence

intervenor

noun
  • 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 company even filed a motion seeking to block Berman’s request to be named as an intervenor in the case.
    — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Outside the courtroom, though, intervenors are sometimes less discreet.
    — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 16 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • That could result in fewer intervenors, not more, as Lara’s proposal intends.
    — Calmatters, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Lawyers for the intervenors did not immediately return a request for comment.
    — 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
  • Fixing the insurance market—and ending intervenor abuse—is essential to meeting our housing goals.
    — Jenna Abbott, Oc Register, 30 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • However, the judge overseeing the case rejected all of the intervenors’ arguments.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2023
  • The intervenors should keep him permanently, Baird concluded.
    — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 16 Oct. 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
  • 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
  • The fees cover monitoring of desegregation efforts that is done by attorneys for the intervenors.
    — Cynthia Howell, arkansasonline.com, 18 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Next, the court turned to a separate motion from a coalition of news outlets seeking limited intervenor status so they can be notified of future attempts to seal records or close proceedings.
    — Stepheny Price , Michael Ruiz , Adam Sabes , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Four Indian groups from the Lower 48 joined the federal government as intervenors.
    — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2019
  • In the Florida case, a judge allowed a retirees’ association and two university students to join the defense as intervenors.
    — Mike Schneider, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 | [email protected], al, 16 Mar. 2020
  • 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
  • As a result, intervenors and customers noted the rate ended up higher than what Carolina Water originally proposed, even as some sewer and other charges were reduced.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 1 June 2026
  • 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
  • According to the Department of Insurance, filings involving intervenors take 529 days on average—more than twice as long as those without.
    — Jenna Abbott, Oc Register, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Consumer Watchdog is California’s most prolific intervenor; an intervenor is a member of the public who can challenge an insurer’s rate request.
    — Calmatters, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025

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