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Taffet v. Southern Co.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Apr 10, 1992
958 F.2d 1514 (11th Cir. 1992)

Opinion

Nos. 90-7088, 90-8452.

April 10, 1992.

Eddie Leitman, Andrew P. Campbell, S. Lynne Stephens, Leitman, Siegal, Payne Campbell, P.C., Birmingham, Ala., Richard H. Gill, J. Fairley McDonald, III, Copeland, Franco, Screws Gill, P.A., Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

John A. Boudet, Jerry R. Linscott, Baker Hostetler, Orlando, Fla., for Taffett Fierman.

Andrew M. Scherffius, Andrew M. Scherffius, P.C., A. Timothy Jones, Joseph C. Freeman, Jack N. Sibley, Freeman Hawkins, Atlanta, Ga., for Taffet, et al.

Larry Moffett, Jackson Henderson Chiles, III, Daniel, Coker, Horton and Bell, P.A., Jackson, Miss., for M.R. Taffett, et al.

M. Roland Nachman, Jr., T.W. Thagard, Jr., Maury D. Smith, John P. Scott, Jr., Balch Bingham, Montgomery, Ala., for Alabama Power.

James E. Joiner, Hugh M. Davenport, Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman Ashmore, Atlanta, Ga., for Southern Co.

M. Robert Thornton, Michael C. Russ, King Spaulding, Atlanta, Ga., for Arthur Andersen Co.

Appeals from the United States District Courts for the Middle District of Alabama and the Southern District of Georgia; Robert E. Varner, and Dudley H. Bowen, Jr., Judges.

PETITIONS FOR REHEARING AND SUGGESTIONS FOR REHEARING EN BANC (Opinion May 6, 1991, 11th Cir., 1991, 930 F.2d 847)

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, FAY, KRAVITCH, HATCHETT, COX, BIRCH and DUBINA, Circuit Judges.

Judges R. Lanier Anderson, III and J.L. Edmondson have recused themselves and will not participate.
Senior Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr., who was a member of the original panel, has elected not to participate further in this matter. See 28 U.S.C. § 46(c).


A member of this court in active service having requested a poll on the applications for rehearing en banc and a majority of the judges in this court in active service having voted in favor of granting a rehearing en banc,

IT IS ORDERED that the above causes shall be reheard by this court en banc. The previous panel's opinion is hereby VACATED.


Summaries of

Taffet v. Southern Co.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Apr 10, 1992
958 F.2d 1514 (11th Cir. 1992)
Case details for

Taffet v. Southern Co.

Case Details

Full title:M.R. TAFFET AND ROBERT M. FIERMAN, ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND ALL OF THE…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Date published: Apr 10, 1992

Citations

958 F.2d 1514 (11th Cir. 1992)

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