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CORP. OF MERCER UNIVERSITY v. NATIONAL GYPSUM CO.

Nos. 86-8416, 86-8693.

832 F.2d 1233 (1987)

The CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY, a Delaware Corp., et al., Defendants-Appellees. The CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY, and W.R. Grace & Co., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darci L. Rock, Bracewell & Patterson, William A. Anderson, II, Mary Caroline Parker, Luis M. Nido, Washington, D.C., Martin W. Dies, Jr., Law Offices of Martin Dies, Orange, Tex., Charles M. Stapleton, Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier, Cubbedge Snow, Jr., Macon, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Alfred B. Adams, III, Wildman, Harrold, Allen, Dixon & Branch, Daniel J. Webb, Atlanta, Ga., for amicus curiae Presbyterian Center, Inc.

Richard M. Bernstein, Hoyle, Morris & Kerr, Lawrence T. Hoyle, Philadelphia, Pa., Shepard M. Remis, Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Sandra Sue McQuay, Boston, Mass., Thomas B. Kenworthy, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., A. Stephens Clay, Mara McRae, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Shepard M. Remis, Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar, Kenneth A. Cohen, Boston, Mass., for W.R. Grace & Co.

Before HILL and VANCE, Circuit Judges, and SPELLMAN, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

This appeal presents important issues of Georgia law for which there is unclear precedent in the decisions of the courts of Georgia. Because there are a significant number of similar cases in Georgia involving very substantial amounts of money, we believe that the issue is appropriate for resolution by the Supreme Court of Georgia. We therefore certify the question to the Supreme Court of Georgia pursuant to Ga. Const. art. 6, § 6, para. 4, Ga.Code...

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