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Hale v. Ford Motor Credit Company

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Sep 24, 1979
602 F.2d 1245 (5th Cir. 1979)

Opinion

No. 76-2287.

September 24, 1979.

Richard Bounds, Jim Yance, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Wm. L. Howell, Mobile, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama; Winston E. Arnow, Judge.

Before COLEMAN and FAY, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.

District Judge of the Southern District of Florida, sitting by designation.


Concluding that this appeal presented an important issue of Alabama law which we believed to be appropriate for resolution by the Supreme Court of Alabama, we certified this case to that distinguished Court and the Honorable Justices thereof. Hale v. Ford Motor Credit Co., 581 F.2d 111 (5th Cir. 1978). The facts are set forth in our previously published certification. Id. The Supreme Court of Alabama's opinion is published at 374 So.2d 849.

In accordance with the Court's resolution of our certified question, the district court's granting of defendant's motion for summary judgment is affirmed.

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Hale v. Ford Motor Credit Company

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Sep 24, 1979
602 F.2d 1245 (5th Cir. 1979)
Case details for

Hale v. Ford Motor Credit Company

Case Details

Full title:CHARLES E. HALE, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY ET AL.…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Sep 24, 1979

Citations

602 F.2d 1245 (5th Cir. 1979)