Legal Opinion
Robert B. Troutman, Jr. v. Southern Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 18, 1971No. 30625PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
Robert B. Troutman, Jr., a member of the State Bar of Georgia, brought this diversity action against the Southern Railway Company seeking to recover the sum of $200,000 as the reasonable value of legal services rendered to Southern in two separate matters—the Central of Georgia case1 and the grain rate *588case—during the years 1962 and 1963. On Southern’s motion for summary judgment, the district court ruled that Trout-man’s claim with respect to the Central of Georgia matter was barred by the Georgia four-year statute of limitations. Troutman v. Southern Ry. Co., N.D.Ga.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Oscanyan v. Arms Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Tool Co. v. NorrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1865
- Steele v. DrummondSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Noble v. Mead-Morrison Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
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3Cited by34 opinions
- United States v. Cecil Dwayne Evans, Arnold Gene Tate, and Charles Edward Gent, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Biodex Corporation v. Loredan Biomedical, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1991
- Alloy International Co., a Corporation v. Hoover-Nsk Bearing Company, Inc., a Corporation, and Hoover Ball & Bearing Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- Shelak v. White Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Andrew B. BloomCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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