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Ross v. Bank South, N.A.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Jun 10, 1988
848 F.2d 1132 (11th Cir. 1988)

Opinion

Nos. 86-7350, 86-7352 and 86-7790.

June 10, 1988.

William J. Cobb, Kocher, Wilson, Korschun Cobb, H. Marshall Korschun, Atlanta, Ga., for Jack Hereth.

William H. Mills, Redden, Mills Clark, L. Drew Redden, Birmingham, Ala., for Weldon, Rogers, Blanton, Lee Moffett.

Herbert P. Schlanger, Atlanta, Ga., for Alan O. Jones.

Robert Wyeth Lee, Jr. Wininger Lee, Birmingham, Ala., for R. Davidson.

Kirk M. McAlpin, Jr., Peterson, Young, Self Asselin, Atlanta, Ga., for Peter Orr Robinson-Hall.

Michael L. Edwards, Balch Bingham, C. William Gladden, Birmingham, Ala., for Laventhol Horwatch.

James W. Gewin, Bradley, Arant, Rose White, Jay St. Clair, Birmingham, Ala., for Alston Bird, et al.

Lange, Simpson, Robinson Somerville, John E. Grenier, Charles C. Pinckney, Sally S. Reilly, Birmingham, Ala., for Arthur Rice.

Stephen E. Hudson, Kilpatrick Cody, Debbie W. Harden, Thomas H. Christopher, Jerre B. Swan, Atlanta, Ga., for Bank South.

Charles Cleveland, Cleveland Cleveland, Robert Wiggins, Gordon, Silberman, Wiggins Childs, Birmingham, Ala., R. Alan Stotsenburg, David C. Harrison, New York City, for Ross Miller.

Robert Dean Pope, President, National Ass'n of Bond Lawyers, Richmond, Va., Robert E. Hicks, Hicks, Maloof Campbell, Atlanta, Ga., amicus curiae.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama; Robert B. Propst, J.

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND SUGGESTION FOR REHEARING IN BANC (Opinion February 17, 1988, 11th Cir., 1988, 837 F.2d 980)

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, VANCE, KRAVITCH, JOHNSON, HATCHETT, CLARK and COX, Circuit Judges.

Circuit Judges Anderson and Edmondson are recused and will not participate in this decision.


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

IT IS ORDERED that the above causes shall be reheard by this court in banc with oral argument during the week of October 17, 1988, on a date hereafter to be fixed. The clerk will specify a briefing schedule for the filing of in banc briefs. The previous panel's opinion is hereby VACATED.


Summaries of

Ross v. Bank South, N.A.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Jun 10, 1988
848 F.2d 1132 (11th Cir. 1988)
Case details for

Ross v. Bank South, N.A.

Case Details

Full title:ERNEST ROSS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF A BONDHOLDER CLASS…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Date published: Jun 10, 1988

Citations

848 F.2d 1132 (11th Cir. 1988)

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