Case Name: John E. WASHBURN, Director of Insurance for the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gene RABUN, d/b/a Rabun's Insurance Agency, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1986-05-23
Citations: 790 F.2d 76
Docket Number: No. 84-7093
Parties: John E. WASHBURN, Director of Insurance for the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gene RABUN, d/b/a Rabun’s Insurance Agency, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, ANDERSON, Circuit Judge, and THORNBERRY , Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 790
Pages: 76–76

Head Matter:
John E. WASHBURN, Director of Insurance for the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gene RABUN, d/b/a Rabun’s Insurance Agency, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 84-7093.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
May 23, 1986.
Edmon L. Rinehart, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.
Andrew P. Campbell and Clark Watson, Birmingham, Ala., for defendant-appellee.
Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, ANDERSON, Circuit Judge, and THORNBERRY , Senior Circuit Judge.
Honorable Homer Thornberry, Senior U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
This court certified to the Supreme Court of Alabama three questions determinative of whether, under Alabama law, the federal district court was correct in holding that Washburn's complaint stated a cause of action against Rabun individually. Washburn v. Rabun, 755 F.2d 1404 (11th Cir.1985).
The Alabama Supreme Court has answered all three questions in the negative. Washburn v. Rabun, 487 So.2d 1361 (Ala.1986) . The answers establish that the district court did not err in holding that Wash-bum did not state a cause of action.
AFFIRMED.