Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, No. 21-248 [Arg: 03.21.2022]
b'1) Whether a state agent authorized by state law to defend the state\\u2019s interest in litigation must overcome a presumption of adequate representation to intervene as of right in a case in which a state official is a defendant; (2) whether a district court\\u2019s determination of adequate representation in ruling on a motion to intervene as of right is reviewed de novo or for abuse of discretion; and (3) whether petitioners Philip Berger, the president pro tempore of the state senate, and Timothy Moore, the speaker of the state house of representatives, are entitled to intervene as of right in this litigation.'