RANDOLPH COUNTY v. ALABAMA POWER CO.

No. 84-7292.

784 F.2d 1067 (1986)

RANDOLPH COUNTY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALABAMA POWER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis H. Hare, Jr., John H. Lavette, James J. Thompson, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

James H. Miller, III, Birmingham, Ala., Sterling G. Culpepper, David R. Boyd, Montgomery, Ala., for defendant-appellee.

Before RONEY and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and NICHOLS, Senior Circuit Judge.


NICHOLS, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama, Eastern Division, granting Alabama Power Company's motion for directed verdict. The district court determined that even if Randolph County could prove the misrepresentations alleged, the evidence did not support a finding of reliance as required by Alabama state law on fraud. We affirm.

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