# Byrd v. Heinrich Schmidt Reederei

> Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · September 22, 1982 · 688 F.2d 324

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8915743

## Case

- **Full name:** Willie Mae BYRD, individually and as administratrix of the estate of Lawrence Byrd, Cross-Appellee v. HEINRICH SCHMIDT REEDEREI, a foreign corporation
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- **Decided:** September 22, 1982
- **Citations:** 688 F.2d 324; 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 25418
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Hill
- **Judges:** Also, Anderson, Brown, Clark, Fay, Forth, Gee, Godbold, Hatchett, Henderson, Hill, III, Itz, Johnson, Kravitch, Opinions, Pol, Randall, Reavley, Roney, Rubin, Slater, Tate, Their, Tjoflat, Vance, Williams
- **Cited by:** 5 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge,
with whom
R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge, joins, dissenting:
For the reasons set forth in my opinion in Culver v. Slater, 688 F.2d 280 (5th Cir. 1982) (en banc), issued this date, I dissent from so much of the court’s decision as authorizes a procedure other than that used in Feldman v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc., 382 F.Supp. 1271 (D.Conn.1974), aff’d in relevant part, 524 F.2d 384 (2d Cir. 1975).
For the reasons set forth in their dissenting opinions in 79-3985, Culver v. Slater, Judges CHARLES CLARK, joined by RONEY, GEE and FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., also dissent.

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