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COWAN v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 82-4107 Summary Calendar.

694 F.2d 104 (1982)

Mary Ezell COWAN, individually and as community survivor of the estate of Earl Cowan, deceased, and on behalf of the heirs at law of Earl Cowan, Boyce Wayne Cowan, Earline Tennison, and Clifford Dale Cowan, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 20, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin & Melvin, Leonard B. Melvin, Jr., Laurel, Miss., Ament, Dixon & Richards, Robert Wm. Richards, Jacksonville, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Watkins & Eager, Michael W. Ulmer, Jackson, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, REAVLEY and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Mary Ezell Cowan brings this diversity suit against the Ford Motor Company (Ford) in United States District Court in Mississippi, pleading a cause of action which arose entirely out-of-state. Neither she nor Ford is a resident of Mississippi. Ford, however, is expressly authorized to do business in Mississippi, is actually doing business, and has designated a resident agent upon whom process was served.1 The...

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