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OWENS v. SUMMA CORP.

No. 80-3139 Summary Calendar.

625 F.2d 600 (1980)

Chris OWENS, Wife of/and Sol Owens, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SUMMA CORPORATION and XYZ Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

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

Rehearing Denied October 8, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry T. Widmann, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

McGlinchey, Stafford & Mintz, J. Michael Johnson, Suzanne P. Keevers, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, POLITZ and TATE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This case concerns the defendants' liability for a theft of jewelry and cash from the plaintiffs while they were guests at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, which is owned by the defendant Summa Corporation. The plaintiffs appeal from a summary judgment in favor of the defendants. They contend that factual issues preclude summary judgment and that the innkeeper was strictly liable for guest loss under the common law applicable, so that the district court erred...

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