Lewis v. City of Chicago, Illinois

Dist. Ct. did not err in denying as untimely motion by four, currently-hired firefighters to intervene in class action that resulted in City being directed to hire other individuals who had been seeking employment as firefighters at same time as proposed intervenors sought and obtained employment as firefighters. Proposed intervenors, who had been hired as firefighters by 2006, knew or should have known by 2007 that they were no longer members of instant class action due to their changed status as hired firefighters, and yet waited until 2012 to seek instant intervention under perception that they too should receive remedy as result of class action. Moreover, Dist. Ct. could properly conclude that any remedy arising out of class action lawsuit should be reserved for those firefighter applicants, who never received employment under circumstances where proposed intervenors might not have been injured at all.