585 F2d 802 Pope v. United States

585 F.2d 802

Dougal C. POPE, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America and M. Carr Ferguson, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 77-1338.

United States Court of Appeals,
Fifth Circuit.

Dec. 4, 1978.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; Woodrow B. Seals, Judge.

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Dougal C. Pope, pro se.

2

Rudy M. Groom, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

3

Murray S. Horwitz, Atty., Gilbert E. Andrews, Chief, App. Sect., Robert A. Bernstein, Jeffrey S. Blum, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C.

4

M. Carr Ferguson, pro se.

5

James R. Gough, U. S. Atty., R. Burton Ballanfant, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

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Before JONES, AINSWORTH and HILL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

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Affirmed on the basis of the opinion of District Judge Woodrow Seals dated January 11, 1977, 459 F.Supp. 426.

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AFFIRMED.