Legal Opinion
General Television Arts, Inc. v. Southern Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 2, 1984No. 83-7054PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a summary judgment issued by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Because we find ourselves without jurisdiction, we dismiss the appeal.
The appellant, General Television Arts, Inc. (“GTA”), intended to produce a Wrangler Jeans advertisement for which it required an old-fashioned steam locomotive. GTA negotiated an agreement with Southern Railway Company (“Southern”) whereby GTA would rent a locomotive and crew for two days of filming at a cost of $6,000. The rental agreement was contained in a two-page letter from…
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- Mitchell v. MooreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
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