U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1976

Harry Lee Williams v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections and C. v. Kern, Sheriff

Harry Lee Williams v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections and C. v. Kern, Sheriff
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided August 27, 1976
537 F.2d 856 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Harry Lee Williams v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections and C. v. Kern, Sheriff

Opinion

537 F.2d 856

Harry Lee WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
W. J. ESTELLE, Director, Texas Department of Corrections and
C. V. Kern, Sheriff, Respondents-Appellees.

No. 73--3854.

United States Court of Appeals,
Fifth Circuit.

Aug. 27, 1976.

Ben L. Aderholt, Houston, Tex. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Joe S. Moss, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Tex., for Kern.

E. Bruce Curry, Dunklin A. Sullivan, Sarah Shirley, Gilbert J. Pena, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for Estelle.

Before TUTTLE, COLEMAN and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

BY THE COURT:

1

Pursuant to the judgment of the Supreme Court of the United States dated May 3, 1976, --- U.S. ---, 96 S.Ct. 1691, 48 L.Ed.2d 126, reversing and remanding this cause to this Court for further proceedings in conformity with the opinion of the Supreme Court;

2

IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of this Court entered on September 6, 1974, 500 F.2d 206, is set aside, and the decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas is affirmed.

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