Legal Opinion
Judge v. American Motors Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 21, 1990No. 89-3698PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ATKINS, Senior District Judge:
This is an appeal from two dispositive district court orders. In the first order, the district court concluded that because the substantive law of Mexico controlled the appellant’s claim for wrongful death, the appellant could not pursue that claim. In the second order, the district court held as a matter of law that the appellant’s claim for misleading and deceptive advertising could not be maintained. For the following reasons, we VACATE the district court’s first order and REMAND that portion of the case for further proceedings. We AFFIRM summarily the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Babcock v. JacksonNew York Court of Appeals · 1963
- Reich v. PurcellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
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3Cited by17 opinions
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