Legal Opinion
In re Ford
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided January 21, 1997No. Miscellaneous No. 1984PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*505 MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.
Rule 27(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides that “A person who desires to perpetuate testimony regarding any matter that may be cognizable in any court of the United States may file a verified petition.”1 Sheila Roberts Ford has presented to the court a verified petition for relief pursuant to Rule 27. Based on the allegations in the petition and the arguments of counsel at a hearing held on December 13, 1996, the court concludes that petition, as later amended, should be denied.
I. BACKGROUND
• On November 15, 1996, Ford…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Business Guides, Inc. v. Chromatic Communications Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,925 Dresser Industries, Inc., a Corporation, on Its Own Behalf and on Behalf of Certain Dresser Employees v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Richard A. Ash, on Behalf of Himself, and on Behalf of Bethelehem Steel Corporation v. Stewart S. Cort, and Bethlehem Steel Corporation, NominalCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Deiulemar Compagnia Di Navigazione v. M/V AllegraCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
- In re Landry-BellDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 2005
- In re StorckDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1998
- In re I-35W Bridge Collapse Site InspectionDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 2007
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