What is the test for treating a minority class as an intervener in a class action?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Villacres v. Abm Indus. Inc., 10 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 13, 10 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 13, 451, 117 Cal.Rptr.3d 398, 189 Cal.App.4th 562 (Cal. App. 2011):
"If the vast majority of the class do not oppose the suit, the minority may have its views presented either as a subclass**415 or as interveners." ( Richmond v. Dart Industries, Inc. (1981) 29 Cal.3d 462, 471, 174 Cal.Rptr. 515, 629 P.2d 23, citations omitted.)
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