Adams v. Mathis

Pursuant to Rule 18 of the ARAP, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, Southern Division, has requested this Court to answer certain questions of law which that Court deemed determinative of an action before it and on which there is no clear controlling precedent in the decisions of this Court.

The Federal District Court, in support of the certificate, submitted the following facts:

"(1) Ronald Paul Adams, } et al., Plaintiffs, }

United States of America, } Plaintiff-Intervenor } Civil Action } No. 74-70-S v. }

Nathan Mathis, et al., } Defendants }

"(2) This suit is…