Legal Opinion
Auer v. Kawasaki Motors Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 6, 1987No. Nos. 85-1591, 85-2331PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge:
These two cases were heard by individual panels of the court, but before a decision in either case, the judges of the court in regular active service voted unanimously to rehear the cases en banc.
These personal injury actions in the diversity jurisdiction present a common question of the applicable law, state or federal, in determining the effect of a release of one joint tortfeasor upon the state created rights and liabilities of other alleged joint tortfeasors, defendants in pending federal actions. More specifically, we are called upon to determine the…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Aro Manufacturing Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Sharon Hageman, Admx. Of the Estate of Donald Hageman v. Signal L. P. Gas, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
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- Moore v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1989
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- Noonan v. WilliamsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Silicon Image, Inc. v. Genesis Microchip, Inc.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 2003
- Sinelli v. Ford Motor Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1993
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