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IN RE ASBESTOS CASES

No. 85-1623.

829 F.2d 907 (1987)

In re ASBESTOS CASES. Anita S. JOHNSON, individually and as Special Administratrix of the Estate of Ray A. Johnson, deceased, Constance Shaw, Patricia Foster, and Barbara Fayle, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN, INC., etc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submission Vacated October 9, 1986.

Resubmitted September 25, 1987.

Decided October 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Richard DeRobertis and Gary O. Galiher, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Paula Devens, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant-appellee.

Before FERGUSON, CANBY and HALL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This appeal raises a controlling question of Hawaii State tort law which we certified to the Supreme Court of Hawaii and which that court has now decided. See Johnson v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., ___ Haw. ___, 740 P.2d 548 (1987). Because the decision of the Supreme Court of Hawaii conflicts with the ruling of the district court in this case, we reverse and remand.

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