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PUTNAM v. WILLIAMS

No. 80-7389.

652 F.2d 497 (1981)

William R. PUTNAM, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. Robert R. WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B.

August 4, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Skinner, Wilson & Strickland, Warner R. Wilson, Jr., Donald F. Walton, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee.

Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman & Ashmore, Ralph H. Greil, Atlanta, Ga., William W. Stoudenmire, Mobile, Ala., for defendant-appellee-cross-appellant.

Before FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., HENDERSON and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:

This is a diversity action removed from the State Court of Fulton County, Georgia to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on the motion of the defendant, Robert R. Williams, an Alabama businessman and the appellee. Williams was sued by sports organizer William R. Putnam for damages arising from an unsuccessful attempt to form a professional soccer franchise in Atlanta. The district court granted Williams'...

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