U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1980

The Estate of Mary Frances Smith Bright, Deceased, by H. R. Bright, Independent v. United States

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided October 2, 1980 · Coleman, Brown, Ainsworth, Godbold, Clark, Roney, Gee, Tjo-Flat, Hill, Fay, Rubin, Vance, Kravitch, Johnson, Garza, Henderson, Reavley, Pol-Itz, Hatchett, Anderson, Randall, Tate, Williams

628 F.2d 307; 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 13480 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

M. Carr Ferguson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Philip I. Brennan, Richard W. Perkins, Gilbert E. Andrews, Acting Chief, Tax Division, U. S. Dept, of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellant., Thompson, Knight, Simmons & Bullion, J. W. Bullion, Emily A. Parker, Payne & Spradley, Robert B. Payne, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee., Robert Edwin Davis, Rodney J. Owens, Dallas, Tex., Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, J. Chrys Dougherty, Austin, Tex., J. Lyndell Kirkley, Fort Worth, Tex., B. Hunter Loftin, Carl G. Mueller, Jr., Marvin K. Collie, Houston, Tex., J. David Tracy, Fort Worth, Tex., Vester T. Hughes, Jr., Dallas, Tex., C. W. Wellen, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., amicus curiae.

Cases that cite this one

1 later published case cites this decision.

The Estate of Mary Frances Smith Bright, Deceased, by H. R. Bright, Independent v. United States (5th Cir. 1981)

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Opinion

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC

Before COLEMAN, Chief Judge, BROWN, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, CHARLES CLARK, RONEY, GEE, TJO-FLAT, HILL, FAY, RUBIN, VANCE, KRAVITCH, FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., GARZA, HENDERSON, REAVLEY, POL-ITZ, HATCHETT, ANDERSON, RANDALL, TATE, SAM D. JOHNSON, THOMAS A. CLARK, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges. BY THE COURT:

A member of the Court in active service having requested a poll on the application for rehearing en banc and a majority of the judges in active service having voted in favor of granting a rehearing en banc,

IT IS ORDERED that the cause shall be reheard by the Court en banc with oral argument on a date hereafter to be fixed. The Clerk will specify a briefing schedule for the filing of supplemental briefs.

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