Legal Opinion
Ralph E. Murphy, Cross-Appellee v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Cross-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 23, 1980No. 78-2165PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
We journey today into the mysterious realm of Merlin, as we are faced with a valiant attempt at legal sleight of hand. Attorneys for defendants have used all the magic dust and abracadabras they could muster in order to change a paper manufacturing company into a construction company. Not satisfied with this first attempt at prestidigitation, for their next trick defendants tried to make the Erie Doctrine vanish into thin air. We find these attempts to pull a construction company out of a hat and to vaporize Erie to be quite clever. However, because we realize that the…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Robert Fitzke and Joy Fitzke v. Barry Shappell, Deputy Sheriff, and Elwin Smith, Sheriff, of Eaton County, Michigan, Jointly and SeverallyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
- Bernard E. Keiser v. Coliseum Properties, Inc., A. Don Fleck v. Auditing Services, Inc., H. G. Lortscher v. Auditing Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Sam H. Johnson v. Penrod Drilling Company, James L. Starnes v. Penrod Drilling CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by42 opinions
- In Re Municipal Bond Reporting Antitrust Litigation. Munitrad Systems, Inc. v. Standard and Poor's CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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- Luisa M. Fernandez v. Bankers National Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Jean SIMMONS, Et Al., Plaintiff-Appellants, v. Robert LYONS, Individually and as Sheriff of Washington Parish, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- McCann v. Texas City Refining, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
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