Dougal C. Pope v. United States of America and M. Carr Ferguson

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit December 4, 1978

Dougal C. Pope v. United States of America and M. Carr Ferguson, 585 F.2d 802 (5th Cir. 1978)

Opinion

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.

Dougal C. Pope, pro se.

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

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

M. Carr Ferguson, pro se.

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

Before JONES, AINSWORTH and HILL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

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

AFFIRMED.