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Elliott by and Through Elliott v. U.S.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Nov 8, 1994
37 F.3d 617 (11th Cir. 1994)

Summary

affirming district court's judgment in favor of plaintiffs due to an evenly divided court

Summary of this case from Clendening v. United States

Opinion

No. 93-8027.

November 8, 1994.

H. Randolph Aderhold, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Macon, GA, Vicki Raines Crowell, Dept. of the Army, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Fort Benning, GA, Lowell V. Sturgill, Jr., Robert S. Greenspan, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Paul Van Kilpatrick, Max Reginald McGlamry, Charles Neal Pope, Columbus, GA, Wade H. Tomlinson, III, Michael L. McGlamry, Steven W. Saccoccia, Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick Morrison, Atlanta, GA, for appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia (No. 91-55-COL), J. Robert Elliott, Judge.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, KRAVITCH, HATCHETT, ANDERSON, EDMONDSON, COX, BIRCH, DUBINA, BLACK, CARNES and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and FAY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Senior U.S. Circuit Judge Fay elected to participate in this decision pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 46(c).


The judges of the en banc court are equally divided on the proper disposition of this case. Therefore, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED by operation of law. See, e.g., Smith v. Zant, 887 F.2d 1407, 1408 (11th Cir. 1989); Reshard v. Britt, 839 F.2d 1499 (11th Cir. 1988).


Summaries of

Elliott by and Through Elliott v. U.S.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Nov 8, 1994
37 F.3d 617 (11th Cir. 1994)

affirming district court's judgment in favor of plaintiffs due to an evenly divided court

Summary of this case from Clendening v. United States

permitting FTCA action where off-duty serviceman watching television in his military housing on base suffered permanent, debilitating injuries from carbon monoxide poisoning because the Army had failed to maintain the hot-water-heater-venting system as required under Georgia landlord law

Summary of this case from Whitley v. U.S.
Case details for

Elliott by and Through Elliott v. U.S.

Case Details

Full title:DAVID E. ELLIOTT, JR., AN INCAPACITATED ADULT BY AND THROUGH HIS GUARDIAN…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Date published: Nov 8, 1994

Citations

37 F.3d 617 (11th Cir. 1994)

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