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Estate of Bright v. United States

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Oct 2, 1980
628 F.2d 307 (5th Cir. 1980)

Opinion

No. 78-2221.

October 2, 1980.

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.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas; Robert W. Porter, Judge.

Before COLEMAN, Chief Judge, BROWN, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, CHARLES CLARK, RONEY, GEE, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, RUBIN, VANCE, KRAVITCH, FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., GARZA, HENDERSON, REAVLEY, POLITZ, HATCHETT, ANDERSON, RANDALL, TATE, SAM D. JOHNSON, THOMAS A. CLARK, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC [2] (Opinion June 18, 1980, 5 Cir., 1980, 619 F.2d 407).


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

Estate of Bright v. United States

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Oct 2, 1980
628 F.2d 307 (5th Cir. 1980)
Case details for

Estate of Bright v. United States

Case Details

Full title:THE ESTATE OF MARY FRANCES SMITH BRIGHT, DECEASED, BY H. R. BRIGHT…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Oct 2, 1980

Citations

628 F.2d 307 (5th Cir. 1980)

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