Lawrence v. Credithrift of America, Inc.

Full title: BEVERLY LAWRENCE, A/K/A MRS. JAMES LAWRENCE, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: May 8, 1981

644 F.2d 506 (5th Cir. 1981)

Opinion

No. 78-2766.

May 8, 1981.

Joseph H. King, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Kirby G. Bailey, Decatur, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

W. Rhett Tanner, Kirk M. McAlpin, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for amicus curiae Ga. Consumer Finance Assn., Inc.

Ralph S. Goldberg, Atlanta, Ga., for amicus curiae Ralph S. Goldberg.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia; Richard C. Freeman, Judge.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, and BROWN, AINSWORTH, CHARLES CLARK, RONEY, GEE, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, RUBIN, VANCE, KRAVITCH, FRANK M. JOHNSON, JR., GARZA, HENDERSON, REAVLEY, POLITZ, HATCHETT, ANDERSON, RANDALL, TATE, SAMUEL D. JOHNSON, THOMAS A. CLARK, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.^_

_ Coleman, Circuit Judge, elected not to participate in the consideration or decision of this appeal.

PER CURIAM:

The court en banc reinstates and adopts the concluding paragraph from the panel opinion, 622 F.2d 1207, at 1209, which was vacated by taking this case en banc. That portion of the opinion of the district court which denies plaintiff recovery of attorney's fees for time spent in defending the compulsory counterclaim is affirmed by an evenly divided court.