DACEY v. FLORIDA BAR, INC.

No. 28218.

427 F.2d 1292 (1970)

Norman F. DACEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The FLORIDA BAR, INC., Boyd H. Anderson, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 7, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert L. Nadeau, Wm. M. Hoeveler, Miami, Fla., for appellants.

Arthur J. Berk, Miami Beach, Fla., for appellee.

Before GODBOLD, DYER and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


DYER, Circuit Judge:

The issues in this interlocutory appeal, which we granted under the provisions of 28 U.S.C.A. § 1292(b),1 are framed by the order of the District Court in which, in addition to denying defendant Anderson's motion for summary judgment, certification was made that in this libel action a controlling question of law is involved: Whether the undisputed facts showed Dacey to be a public figure, and, if so, whether the...

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