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ADAMS v. HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS

No. 71-2267.

452 F.2d 994 (1972)

Frederick P. ADAMS, Respondent-Appellee, v. HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, Petitioner-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing January 18, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Resweber, County Atty., Augustus Venters Drake, Edward J. Landry, Anthony D. M. Sheppard, Houston, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

James Kronzer, Brown, Kronzer, Abraham, Watkins & Steely, Houston, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN, and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc January 18, 1972.

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

This was a suit for permanent personal injuries suffered by a motorcyclist on a drawbridge across a navigable stream. The District Court denied a motion to dismiss for lack of admiralty jurisdiction. The opinion below is reported, 316 F.Supp. 938 (S.D., Tex., 1970). Upon interlocutory appeal to this Court, 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b), the judgment of...

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