State of Idaho v. Freeman, III

625 F.2d 886 The STATE OF IDAHO et al., Appellees, and Claude L. Oliver, etc. et al., Appellees, v. Rear Admiral Rowland G. FREEMAN, III Administrator of General Services Administration, Appellee, and National Organization for Women et al., Applicant for Intervention-Appellant. No. 79-4844. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Aug. 15, 1980. Thomas J. Hart, Lippman & Hart, Washington, D. C., argued, for appellant. Larry K. Harvey, Chief Deputy, Boise, Idaho, Michael P. Farris, Spokane, Wash., argued, for appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. Before ELY and POOLE, Circuit Judges, and REDDEN * , District judge. POOLE, Circuit Judge: 1 The National Organization for Women (NOW) appeals from the denial of its motion to intervene pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 24 in a suit challenging procedures for ratification of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the Constitution of the United States. The States of Idaho and Arizona and over eighty members of their respective state legislatures are plaintiffs in this action against the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), the agency which performs ministerial tasks…