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MONTGOMERY v. CARTER COUNTY, TENNESSEE

Nos. 98-6403, 99-6440.

226 F.3d 758 (2000)

Michael MONTGOMERY, Administrator ad litem of the Estate of Mary L. Nave, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. CARTER COUNTY, TENNESSEE, Jack Perkins, Highway Superintendent, Carter County, Tennessee, Carter County Commission, Dean Perry, et al., Carter County Commissioners in their individual and official capacities, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, Luther Jean Hassell, a/k/a Jean W. Hassell, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 18, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathy Montgomery (argued and briefed), Houston, Texas, for Appellant.

J. Patrick Ledford (briefed), William R. Berry (argued and briefed), Moore, Stout, Waddell & Ledford, P.C., Kingsport, Tennessee, for Appellees.

Before: COLE and GILMAN, Circuit Judges; TARNOW, District Judge.

OPINION

GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

This case, which has been in federal court since 1996, arises from a dispute over the ownership of an eleven-foot wide strip of asphalt in Carter County, Tennessee. The plaintiff, the Estate of Mary Nave, contends that the strip is nothing more than the driveway to the decedent's rural residence. As far as Carter County is concerned, however, the contested stretch of asphalt is a county road and must remain a county road until...

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