Legal Opinion
Singletary v. Southeastern Freight Lines, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided October 14, 1993No. 1:92-cv-01647PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
MOYE, District Judge.
Defendants’s motion to certify this Court’s order of September 13,1993 for interlocutory appeal is GRANTED.
The Court notes, however:(1) Yeager v. Poole Truck Lines, Inc., 162 Ga.App. 803, 293 S.E.2d 64 (1982), cited by defendant as inconsistent with Georgia Highway Express, Inc. v. United Parcel Service, Inc., 164 Ga.App. 674, 297 S.E.2d 497 (1982), which this Court held to be a controlling precedent in its earlier order in this case, antedates the Georgia Highway Express case. Under classic Erie doctrine, in a diversity case, a federal court should follow the latest…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Commissioner v. Estate of BoschSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Bernhardt v. Polygraphic Co. of America, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Vandenbark v. Owens-Illinois Glass Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Huddleston v. DwyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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