Successful Motion to Intervene Waives Venue Challenge

The court denied intervenors' motions to sever and transfer plaintiff's actions against them for improper venue because intervenors waived venue through their intervention. "By definition, an intervenor is '⁠[s]omeone who voluntarily enters a pending lawsuit because of a personal stake in it.' This choice to intervene (or consent to proceed in a particular jurisdiction and venue) has real and far-reaching consequences. . . . [T]he intervenors cannot now question the propriety or convenience of a venue they chose to enter. The intervenors voluntarily entered this proceeding and now must litigate in this, their chosen venue."

Team Worldwide Corporation v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. et al, 2-17-cv-00235 (TXED February 13, 2018, Order) (Gilstrap, USDJ)