MIREE v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 74-3670, 74-3822, 74-3864, 74-3870 and 74-3881.

565 F.2d 1354 (1978)

George Henson MIREE et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America and DeKalb County, Georgia, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Judith Anita PHILLIPS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America and DeKalb County, Georgia, et al., Defendants-Appellees. William Michael FIELDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America and DeKalb County, Georgia, et al., Defendants-Appellees. FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America and DeKalb County, Georgia, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Mrs. Pearlie CHAISSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHEAST MACHINERY, INC., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America and DeKalb County, Georgia, et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh M. Dorsey, Jr., Jule W. Felton, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., Gilbert E. Johnston, Alan W. Heldman, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

John W. Stokes, U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for U.S.A.

George M. Fleming, Trial Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Morton Hollander, Ronald R. Glancz, Washington, D. C., Meade Burns, F. Clay Bush, Atlanta, Ga., for DeKalb.

J. Arthur Mozley, Atlanta, Ga., for S. E. Machinery.

Baxter H. Finch, Robert W. Patrick, Atlanta, Ga., Herbert S. Falk, Jr., Greensboro, N. C., for defendants-appellees.

A. Russell Blank, Baxter H. Finch, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Wendell K. Willard, Decatur, Ga., for DeKalb County.

William D. Mallard, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Robert M. Travis, William Q. Bird, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert Stringer, Decatur, Ga., for third-party defendants-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, DYER and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

Pursuant to Georgia Code § 24-3902,* which authorizes certification of state law questions from the federal appellate courts to the Georgia Supreme Court, we certify this case to the Georgia Supreme Court. The following appendix, submitted by the parties, is a joint statement of facts and of certified questions to be proposed to the Georgia court. We adopt...

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