Legal Opinion
Kendall Sherman and Arthur Sherman, Jr. v. Fred H. Hallbauer
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 16, 1972No. 71-2047PublishedCited by 241 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
This is not the ordinary reversal of a district court’s decision granting summary judgment against plaintiffs whose complaint stated a cause of action upon which the case should have gone to trial. The bizarre feature of the case is that the plaintiffs insisted — until the waning moments of the pre-trial proceedings— upon construing the hazy factual scenario so that it stated, at best, only a tenuous legal claim under Florida law. Misled by the plaintiffs’ original insistence on their shaky legal position and their failure to focus on a last-minute shift to a solid legal…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Bobby Jones Garden Apartments, Inc. v. F. R. SuleskiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Emerson Electric Co. v. Guy F. FarmerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Wheeler v. BaarsSupreme Court of Florida · 1894
- Lucy Blynn Marsden and Jack Marsden v. Sebastiano O. PataneCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Kutner v. KalishDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1965
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3Cited by241 opinions
- John W. Dussouy, Jr. v. Gulf Coast Investment CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- William Inglis & Sons Baking Co. v. Itt Continental Baking Company, Inc., William Inglis & Sons Baking Co. v. Itt Continental Baking Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Arlington Leon Brown, 036932 v. Sgt. Chris Hughes, Chief Deputy Charles Tompkins, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Ganther v. IngleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Chao v. Hall Holding Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
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