Willis v. Prudential Insurance Company of America
| Decision Date | 20 March 1972 |
| Docket Number | No. 70-5344,70-5344 |
| Citation | 31 L.Ed.2d 273,405 U.S. 318,92 S.Ct. 1257 |
| Parties | Lorenzo WILLIS, etc., petitioner, v. PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
E. Freeman Leverett, Elkerton, Ga., for petitioner.
A. Felton Jenkins, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent.
On writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Georgia.
The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.
Mr. Justice POWELL took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.
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