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Stephens v. Brown Root, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Feb 24, 1972
455 F.2d 1383 (5th Cir. 1972)

Opinion

No. 71-3097.

February 24, 1972.

William E. Skye, Alexandria, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Richard B. Sadler, Jr., Alexandria, La., William A. Brown, Houston, Tex., Provosty Sadler, Alexandria, La., Powell, Brown Maverick, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana; Edwin F. Hunter, Jr., Judge.

Before BELL, DYER and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


In this malicious prosecution action the plaintiffs challenge the entry of summary judgment against them in the district court.

Finding ourselves in full agreement with the lower court's determination that there were no issues of fact that Brown Root communicated to its counsel all the facts bearing on the case of which it had knowledge or which could have been reasonably ascertained, and that it was advised by counsel and acted on that advice, we adopt Judge Hunter's opinion, 338 F. Supp. 680, D.C., as the opinion of this Court.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Stephens v. Brown Root, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Feb 24, 1972
455 F.2d 1383 (5th Cir. 1972)
Case details for

Stephens v. Brown Root, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:ALICE NEILSON STEPHENS ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. BROWN ROOT, INC.…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Feb 24, 1972

Citations

455 F.2d 1383 (5th Cir. 1972)