From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Burns v. Estelle

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Jun 21, 1979
598 F.2d 1016 (5th Cir. 1979)

Opinion

No. 78-3109.

June 21, 1979.

Richard J. Clarkson, Beaumont, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Joel Berger, New York City Legal Defense Fund and Educational Fund, Inc., NAACP, amicus curiae.

Anita Ashton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondents-appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas; John H. Wood, Jr., Judge.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, CLARK, RONEY, GEE, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, RUBIN, VANCE and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.


ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC [2] (Opinion April 11, 1979, 5 Cir., 1979, 592 F.2d 1297).


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.


Summaries of

Burns v. Estelle

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Jun 21, 1979
598 F.2d 1016 (5th Cir. 1979)
Case details for

Burns v. Estelle

Case Details

Full title:JAMES PAUL BURNS, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. W. J. ESTELLE, JR., DIRECTOR…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Jun 21, 1979

Citations

598 F.2d 1016 (5th Cir. 1979)

Citing Cases

May v. State

As of the date of the voir dire here, this Court had held, then reaffirmed, that when a venireperson was…

King v. State

We accordingly hold the evidence is sufficient to support that verdict. Burns v. State, 556 S.W.2d 270…