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Miree Vs. Dekalb County

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 21, 1977

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  1. United States Vs. Seckinger US Supreme Court · Mar 09, 1970
  2. United States Vs. Burnison US Supreme Court · Mar 13, 1950
  3. Miree v. DeKalb
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  4. County - 433 U.S. 25 (1977) U.S. Supreme Court Miree v. DeKalb
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  5. County, 433 U.S. 25 (1977) Miree v. DeKalb
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  6. swarming from the dump into the aircraft's jet engines shortly after takeoff. The rationale of Clearfield Trust Co. v. United
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  7. law, petitioners could sue as third-party beneficiaries, and that governmental immunity would not bar the suit. Miree v. United
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  8. reversed the panel on the breach of contract issue and adopted the panel dissent on this point as its opinion. Miree v. United
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  9. the case would unquestionably be governed by Georgia law, Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  10. decision demands that federal common law, rather than state law, control the contract's interpretation. United States v. Seckinger
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  11. Smith v. United
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  12. First National Bank v. Small
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  13. Miree v. United
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  14. where a uniform national rule is necessary to further the interests of the Federal Government, Clearfield Trust Co. v. United
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  15. the Clearfield Trust rule follows from the Court's later decision in Bank of America Nat. Trust & Sav. Assn. v. Parnell
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  16. interests of the Government. These were dealt with in Clearfield Trust and in National Metropolitan Bank v. United
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  17. sufficient, given the narrow question before us, to call into play the rule of Clearfield Trust. In Wallis v. Pan
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  18. argued, nor briefed either in the District Court or in the Court of Appeals, we will not consider it. Cf. Lawn v. United
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  19. Together with No. 76-659, Phillips v. DeKalb
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  20. County, Georgia, et al., No. 76-700, Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. v. DeKalb
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  21. County, Georgia, et al., and No. 76-722, Fields v. DeKalb
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  22. The Clearfield Trust rule may apply in diversity cases. See Sola Electric Co. v. Jefferson
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  23. Bank of America Nat. Trust & Sav. Assn. v. Parnell
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  24. Wallis v. Pan
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  25. Government are at issue. I do not agree with such a restrictive approach. I cannot read Clearfield Trust Co. v. United
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  26. States, 318 U. S. 363 (1943), and Bank of America Nat. Trust & Sav. Assn. v. Parnell
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  27. United States v. Little
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  28. Lake Misere Land Co., 412 U. S. 580 , 412 U. S. 592 n. 10 (1973), quoting United States v Burnison
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  29. Page 433 U. S. 35 United States v. Little
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  30. Lake Misere Land Co., supra at 412 U. S. 592 -593. In such a situation, I would not read Wallis v. Pan
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  31. application of federal law in this case. See H.R.Rep. No. 91-601 (1969). Accordingly, the rule of Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  32. U.S. Supreme Court Miree v. DeKalb
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  33. of Clearfield Trust Co. v. United
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  34. Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  35. of the Federal Government, Clearfield Trust Co. v. United
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  36. National Metropolitan Bank v. United
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  37. of Clearfield Trust. In Wallis v. Pan
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  38. Cf. Lawn v. United
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  39. Phillips v. DeKalb
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  40. Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. v. DeKalb
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  41. Fields v. DeKalb
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  42. See Sola Electric Co. v. Jefferson
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  43. Clearfield Trust Co. v. United
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  44. and Bank of America Nat. Trust & Sav. Assn. v. Parnell
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  45. of Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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