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856 F.2d 1024

Docket Nos. 87-1634 to 87-1640, 87-1707.

McMichael v. United States

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Aug. 25, 1988.

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1988-08-25

Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently August 1991

7 federal appellate ·

4 counsel of record

Relies on Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Co. · Harrison v. United States

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Decided 1988-08-25

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¶1*1025Ralph Johnson, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

¶2Bettina Brownstein, Little Rock, Ark., for Highland Resources.

¶3Bernard Whetstone, Little Rock, Ark., for Mitchell, Moody, Kelly and Stancile.

¶4James Bruce McMath, Little Rock, Ark., for McMichael, Bartlett, Madison and Harrison.

¶5ORDER

¶6Before JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

¶7The motion of the United States to vacate the judgment in favor of plaintiff-ap-pellee Billy Harrison is before the court. The motion is based on the failure of the notice of appeal to include Harrison’s name and the issuance of the recent opinion of the Supreme Court in Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Company, et al., — U.S. —, 108 S.Ct. 2405, 101 L.Ed.2d 285 (1988). This issue was presented to the court before. See Harrison v. United States, 715 F.2d 1311 (8th Cir.1983). Pursuant to the opinion issued at that time, an order was entered that the notice of appeal be amended to include Billy Harrison. Materials have been filed with the court revealing that the parties have stipulated the amount of damages of some of the appellees, expressly stating that the government’s right to appeal a liability issue was not waived. Ordinarily a procedural change in the law, such as announced in Torres, is not given retroactive application. Particularly under the circumstances presented in this case, we decline to do so. The motion to vacate the judgment as to plaintiff-appellee Billy Harrison is denied.

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