United States Fifth Circuit

Even though parent withheld title, made repairs and set certain rules for use of the car, where minor was principal driver and often broke the parent's rules, the district court may find that minor had broad and unfettered domination over the use of the automobile.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/22/2001
• Published 05/22/2001

Judges

• ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:, Before STEWART and PARKER, Circuit Judges, and GOLDBERG, Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marc A. Biggers (argued), Steven Cavitt Cookston, Upshaw, Williams, Biggers, Beckham & Riddick, Greenwood, MS, for Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., Robert L. Moore (argued), Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell, William Christopher Harrison, William Warren Heaton, Friedman, Sissman & Heaton, Memphis, TN, Phillip J. Duncan, Duncan & Rainwater, Little Rock, AR, for Morris and Lutz., Steven Glen Roberts (argued), Memphis, TN, for Portis., Henry Clay Shelton, III, Armstrong Allen, Memphis, TN, for Holloway., H. Richmond Culp, III, W. Scott Collins, Mitchell, McNutt, Threadgill, Smith & Sams, Tupelo, MS, for Progressive Gulf Ins. Co., Shelby Duke Goza (argued), Hickman, Goza & Gore, Oxford, MS, Dion J. Shanley, Hickman, Goza & Gore, Ridgeland, MS, for Joe and Cynthia Dunning.