Alan Woods and Cara Woods v. Burlington Northern Railroad Company

818 F.2d 753 | 11th Cir. | 1987

818 F.2d 753

Alan WOODS and Cara Woods, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

No. 84-7510.

United States Court of Appeals,
Eleventh Circuit.

June 5, 1987.

L. Vastine Stabler, Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Kenneth D. Davis, Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellants.

Carlton T. Wynn, Mac Parsons, Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, William J. Wynn, Francis H. Hare, Jr., Alva C. Caine, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama; U.W. CLEMON, Judge.

ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

Before VANCE and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Prior report: 768 F.2d 1287.

PER CURIAM:

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Pursuant to the mandate of the Supreme Court of the United States, --- U.S. ----, 107 S.Ct. 967, 94 L.Ed. 2d 1, this court's order, filed September 19, 1985 granting appellee's motion for a ten percent penalty assessment pursuant to Alabama statute is VACATED. The opinion and judgment of this court affirming the judgment of the district court is REINSTATED.