Legal Opinion
Powers v. United States
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided March 17, 1992No. Civ. A. 91-A-352-N, 91-A-353-N, 91-A-354-S and 91-A-355-SPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ALBRITTON, District Judge.
This cause is before the court for consideration of the United States’ motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1), Fed.R.Civ.P. Also pending before the court is plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. Because the court finds that the United States’ motion to dismiss is due to be granted, plaintiffs’ motion for class certification is due to be denied as moot.
PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND
On April 1, 1991, plaintiffs, residents of the Alabama counties of Barbour, Coffee, Dale, Dallas and Montgomery, filed complaints against the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Yellow Cab Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- United States v. JamesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- National Mfg. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1954
- Benjamin T. Graci, Jr. v. United States of America, Philip C. Ciaccio v. United States of America, Emanuel Reid, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Powers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
- Arkansas River Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1993
- Arkansas River Corp. v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1996
- Robert D. Powers Gary W. Swain Rebecca Graddy, All Individually and on Behalf of All Persons in Barbour County, Alabama, Similarly Situated v. United States of America, Joe L. Glenn Sarah Glenn William M. Hagan and Ouida Hagan, and All Persons in Montgomery County, Alabama, Similarly Situated Robert E. Street, Individually and on Behalf of All Persons in Dallas County, Alabama, Similarly Situated v. United States of America, Johnny Childs Jim H. Strength Wayne D. Waters Robert E. Sachsenheimer Dwight Riley, Sr. Rutland Mobile Homes Lynwood Rutland Doris Rutland and Paula Heath, All Individually and on Behalf of All Persons in Dale County, Alabama, Similarly Situated v. United States of America, Big/little Stores, Inc. R.D. Easters James Drexel Cook Nell Cook Drexel Cook and Mack Wise (A Partnership) Cook Chevrolet, Inc. The Peoples Bank R.G. Heath, D/B/A Heath Oil Co. And Linda Mills, D/B/A Dixie Printing Company, All Individually and on Behalf of All Persons in Coffee County, Alabama, Similarly Situated v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993