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DOUGLAS v. UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO.

No. 81-1596.

670 F.2d 791 (1982)

Roy Travis DOUGLAS, Executor of the Estate of Ada Clayborn, deceased, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 10, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory G. Smith (argued), Pryor, Robinson, Taylor & Barry, Fort Smith, Ark., for appellant.

Alston Jennings, Little Rock, Ark., and Edwin J. Jacob, New York City, for appellee.

Before HEANEY and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges, and REGAN, Senior District Judge.

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Roy Travis Douglas appeals from a summary judgment entered in the District Court1 for the Western District of Arkansas based on a general release executed by appellant's decedent, Ada Clayborn.

For reversal appellant argues that the district court erred (1) in finding that the release complies with the provisions of Ark.Stat.Ann. § 34-1001 et seq. (Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act...

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