Legal Opinion
William Edward Roucher v. Traders & General Insurance Company, Dallas, Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 20, 1956No. 16005PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
The district court granted summary judgment for the defendant, appellee, in an automobile negligence action, apparently upon the ground that there was no genuine issue as to the non-negligence of the defendant’s insured, Joseph H. Hicks. That conclusion the district court reached solely as the result of evidence taken upon a trial involving the same accident, and held by a Louisiana state court not to show negligence on the part of said insured. Hicks v. Tilquit, La.App., 82 So.2d 100. The plaintiff was not a party to such former action and strenuously objected to the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Wright v. Paramount-Richards Theatres, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Fridge v. CaruthersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1924
- Williams v. Jahncke Service, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
- Hicks v. TilquitLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1955
- Williams v. Jahncke ServiceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1949
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3Cited by55 opinions
- Barbara R. Gross v. Southern Railway Company, Nancy Ruth Canipelli v. Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Northrip v. Montgomery Ward & Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1974
- Warring v. Winn-Dixie StoresDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1958
- Julius E. Kern v. Tri-State Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Daniel Henry Arney and Charles H. Baker v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
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