Legal Opinion

Edwin Green, Jr., as Administrator of the Estate of Edwin Green, Deceased, and Mary Green v. American Tobacco Company

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 11, 1963No. 190003_1PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

First, to the Justices of the Supreme Court of Florida we wish to express publicly and with deep sincerity our appreciation for their answer to the question which we certified to that Court. See Green v. American Tobacco Co., FI'a.1963, 154 So.2d 169; Green v. American Tobacco Co., 5 Cir. 1962, 304 F.2d 70, 86. That answer has saved this Court, through the writer as its organ, from committing a serious error as to the law of Florida which might have resulted in a grave miscarriage of justice. The Supreme Court of Florida has been a very real help in the administration of…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Moulor v. American Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. Edwin Green, Jr., as Administrator of the Estate of Edwin Green, Deceased, and Mary Green v. American Tobacco CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
  3. Green v. American Tobacco CompanySupreme Court of Florida · 1963
  4. Blanton v. the Cudahy Packing CompanySupreme Court of Florida · 1944
  5. Victoria St. Pierre Lartigue v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Liggett and Myers Tobacco CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. Lehman Brothers v. ScheinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Eusebio M. Martinez, Father of Jacqueline M. Martinez, a Minor, Deceased v. Jose Rodriquez and Antonio Rodriquez, D/B/A Ingram Court ApartmentsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  3. Gorsalitz v. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  4. Anita Pritchard, Administratrix of the Estate of Otto E. Pritchard, Deceased v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
  5. In Re ElliottWashington Supreme Court · 1968

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