George Henson MIREE et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
UNITED STATES of America et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judith Anita PHILLIPS, widow of David Emanuel Phillips, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee.
DeKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA, Defendant-Appellee,
v.
MACHINERY BUYERS CORP. et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.
William Michael FIELDS, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee,
DeKalb County, Georgia, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee,
DeKalb County, Georgia, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Pearlie CHAISSON, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
SOUTHEAST MACHINERY, INC., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 25, 1979.
January 25, 1979.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Hugh M. Dorsey, Jr., Jule W. Felton, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., Gilbert E. Johnston, Alan W. Heldman, Birmingham, Ala., for George Miree et al.
John W. Stokes, U.S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., William D. Mallard, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., George M. Fleming, Trial Atty., Morton Hollander, Ronald R. Glancz, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the U.S.
A. Russell Blank, Baxter H. Finch, Atlanta, Ga., for Judith Phillips.
Wendell K. Willard, Decatur, Ga., Meade Burns, F. Clay Bush, Atlanta, Ga., for DeKalb County.
Robert W. Patrick, Jr., Robert M. Travis, Atlanta, Ga., Herbert S. Falk, Jr., Greensboro, N. C., William Q. Bird, Atlanta, Ga., for William M. Fields.
J. Arthur Mozley, Atlanta, Ga., for Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., Southeast Machinery, Inc. and Machinery Buyers Corp.
Robert H. Stringer, Decatur, Ga., for Pearlie Chaisson.
Before GODBOLD, DYER and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
PER CURIAM:
This case came to us on remand from the en banc court for further consideration. Pursuant to Georgia Code § 24-3902, we certified the state law questions in the case to the Georgia Supreme Court. Miree v. United States,565 F.2d 1354 (5th Cir. 1978). In answering those questions, the Georgia court determined that a county is immune from suit under theories of negligence or nuisance and that these plaintiffs...
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