ARETZ v. UNITED STATES

No. 78-3615.

635 F.2d 485 (1981)

Eleanor Higginbotham ARETZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant. Thomas F. ARETZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund A. Booth, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Augusta, Ga., Neil R. Peterson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Sp. Litigation, James P. Klapps, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Torts Sec., Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellant.

Frank P. Brannen, Perry Brannen, Jr., Savannah, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Joseph Jones, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for amicus curiae, Flossie Marie Massey, et al.

Jim Ammerman, Marshall, Tex., A. Blenn Taylor, Jr., Brunswick, Ga., for Jean Marie Thomas, et al, intervenors.

Before COLEMAN, Chief Judge, BROWN, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, CHARLES CLARK, RONEY, GEE, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, RUBIN, VANCE, KRAVITCH, FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., GARZA, HENDERSON, REAVLEY, POLITZ, HATCHETT, ANDERSON, RANDALL, TATE, SAM D. JOHNSON, THOMAS A. CLARK and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The Court has determined that this appeal presents important issues of Georgia law that the Supreme Court of Georgia should appropriately decide. See Wansor v. George Hantscho Co., Inc., 570 F.2d 1202 (5th Cir. 1978).

CERTIFICATION FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT TO THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA PURSUANT TO GEORGIA CODE ANNOTATED...

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