M.R. TAFFET and Robert M. Fierman, on behalf of themselves and all of the persons, corporations, municipalities, and other entities, other than the defendants, who are similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
The SOUTHERN CO., Southern Company Services, Inc., Alabama Power Company and Arthur Andersen & Co., Defendants-Appellees.
Frederick Rodgers CARR, Carr Sales Company, O.E.M. Products, Inc., Timothy Dunn Stokely, Clark Stokely, III and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
The SOUTHERN COMPANY, Southern Company Services, Inc., Georgia Power Company, and Arthur Andersen & Co., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 6, 1991.
May 6, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Eddie Leitman, Leitman, Siegal, Payne & Campbell, P.C., Andrew P. Campbell, S. Lynne Stephens, Birmingham, Ala., Richard H. Gill, Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, P.A., J. Fairley McDonald, III, Montgomery, Ala., John A. Boudet, Baker & Hostetler, Jerry R. Linscott, Orlando, Fla., Andrew M. Scherffius, Andrew M. Scherffius, P.C., A. Timothy Jones, Freeman & Hawkins, Joseph C. Freeman, Jack N. Sibley, Atlanta, Ga., Larry Moffett, Daniel, Coker, Horton and Bell, P.A., Jackson Henderson Ables, III, Jackson, Miss., for M.R. Taffett et al.
M. Roland Nachman, Jr., Balch & Bingham, T.W. Thagard, Jr., Maury D. Smith, John P. Scott, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., for Alabama Power.
James E. Joiner, Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman & Ashmore, Hugh M. Davenport, Atlanta, Ga., for Southern Co.
M. Robert Thornton, King & Spalding, Michael C. Russ, Atlanta, Ga., for Arthur Andersen & Co.
Joe C. Freeman, Jr., Freeman & Hawkins, A. Timothy Jones, Jack N. Sibley, Andrew M. Scherffius, Atlanta, Ga., Nixon, Yow, Waller & Capers, Augusta, Ga., for Frederick Rodgers Carr et al.
Hugh M. Davenport, James E. Joiner, Michael C. Russ, M. Robert Thornton, Atlanta, Ga., for Southern Co. et al.
Before JOHNSON and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and MERHIGE, Senior District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
In both of these class actions, the plaintiffs appeal the district courts' grant of defendants' motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6).1 These appeals require us to address issues of first impression in this Circuit, including the applicability of the clear statement doctrine, Burford abstention, the primary jurisdiction...
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