U.S. v. 0.161 ACRES OF LAND IN BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

No. 87-7141.

837 F.2d 1036 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. v. 0.161 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, SITUATED IN THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Sharp, Sadler, Sullivan, Sharp & Stutts, P.C., Paul L. Sotherland, Birmingham, Ala., for appellants.

William C. Knight, Jr., Birmingham Bar Ass'n, L. Drew Redden, Birmingham, Ala., amicus curiae for Birmingham Bar Ass'n.

Frank W. Donaldson, U.S. Atty., Caryl P. Privett, Asst. U.S. Atty., Vicki L. Plaut, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Jacques B. Gelin, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before HILL and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges and ARONOVITZ, District Judge.


ARONOVITZ, District Judge:

This appeal involves the district court's refusal to admit evidence in a jury condemnation trial for land taken to build a new federal courthouse in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. Also raised are issues accompanying the inevitable docket conflicts which arise between state and federal courts when attorneys have conflicting trial appearances in these courts.

Conflict in Trial Dates

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