Legal Opinion
Lloyd Atwood v. Union Carbide Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 21, 1988No. 87-4640PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellees Drake Towing Company (“Drake”) and Brent Towing Company (“Brent”) move to dismiss this appeal pur suant to Fed.R.App.P. 28(a)(4) and 31(c), contending that appellants have failed to brief an alternative ground on which the court below granted summary judgment. Moreover, in two separate motions filed respectively by Drake and Brent jointly, and by appellee Union Carbide, all appel-lees move to dismiss this appeal as frivolous and request the imposition of double costs and attorneys’ fees pursuant to Fed. R.App.P. 38, 28 U.S.C. § 1912, and/or 28 U.S.C. § 1927. We grant appellees’…
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