Holding that plaintiffs were not prejudiced when a prospective defendant-intervenor filed a motion to intervene weeks before the plaintiffs' amended complaint and the federal defendants' answer
Finding impairment factor satisfied because if plaintiffs prevailed in lawsuit it may "abrogate [proposed intervenor's] taxing and regulatory authority"
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Holding that the Court's entering of a “Stipulation and Order” approving the parties' terms of dismissal did not amount to a “court-ordered consent decree” that would render the plaintiff the prevailing party