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James Meredith v. Richard Meredith Scruggs, Carol Elizabeth Scruggs, Atlee Gail Scruggs, Meri-Jo Abrams and Louis Edmund Abrams
244 F.2d 604
| 9th Cir. | 1957
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244 F.2d 604

James MEREDITH, Appellant,
v.
Richard Meredith SCRUGGS, Carol Elizabeth Scruggs, Atlee
Gail Scruggs, Meri-Jo Abrams and Louis Edmund
Abrams, Appellees.

No. 15019.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

May 20, 1957.

Robertson, Castle & Anthony, Thomas M. Waddoups, James Garner Anthony, Frank D. Padgett, Honolulu, Hawaii, for appellant.

Arthur K. Trask, Honolulu, Hawaii, for appellees.

Before DENMAN, Chief Judge, and POPE and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

1

The petition for rehearing in the above entitled case is denied.

2

In view of the decision of the Supreme Court of Hawaii in Halberg v. Young, No. 4006, decided April 17, 1957, holding that minor children have no cause of action for damages arising from the disability of their mother caused by the negligence of a third person, the decision of this court is vacated, the judgment of the district court reversed, and the cause remanded with directions to dismiss the action for failure of the complaint to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

Case Details

Case Name: James Meredith v. Richard Meredith Scruggs, Carol Elizabeth Scruggs, Atlee Gail Scruggs, Meri-Jo Abrams and Louis Edmund Abrams
Court Name: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Date Published: May 20, 1957
Citation: 244 F.2d 604
Docket Number: 15019_1
Court Abbreviation: 9th Cir.
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