United States Eleventh Circuit

In a federal diversity action alleging only state law claims, the federal principles govern the relation back of pleadings in federal court under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(c), rather than Alabama's relation back principles.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/24/2001
• Published 01/24/2001

Judges

• HULL, Circuit Judge:, Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and TJOFLAT, EDMONDSON, BIRCH, DUBINA, BLACK, CARNES, BARKETT, HULL, MARCUS and WILSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• D. Leon Ashford,Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Bruce J. McKee, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• J. Bradley Powell, Samuel H. Franklin, Lightfoot, Franklin, White & Lucas, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellee.