United States v. Roderick

Full title: UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Dorrance D. RODERICK and wife…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Jun 16, 1961

290 F.2d 823 (5th Cir. 1961)

Opinion

No. 18211.

June 16, 1961.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas; R.E. Thomason, Judge.

John B. Jones, 1st Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles K. Rice, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, Atty., Washington, D.C., Russell B. Wine, U.S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., John B. Jones, Jr., Harry Baum, Gilbert E. Andrews, Jr., Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Lawrence L. Fuller, Asst. U.S. Atty., El Paso, Tex., for appellant.

James S. Moore, R.H. Feuille, El Paso, Tex., Scott, Hulse, Marshall Feuille, El Paso, Tex., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, RIVES and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The judgment is reversed with directions to enter judgment for the defendant. See Knetsch v. United States, 1960, 364 U.S. 361, 81 S.Ct. 132, 5 L.Ed.2d 128; Weller v. C.I.R., 3 Cir., 1959, 270 F.2d 294.

Reversed with directions.