UNITED STATES of America, Appellant,
v.
HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, et al., Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 15, 1968.
August 15, 1968.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., Joseph M. F. Ryan, Jr., Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Alec P. Bouxsein, Edmund B. Clark, St. John Barrett, Irvin N. Tranen, Edward Lazowska, Roger P. Marquis, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., John Doar, Stephen J. Pollak, Asst. Attys. Gen., Civil Rights Division, Clyde O. Martz, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Edward Williams, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Land and Natural Resources Division, for appellant.
Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., Dugas Shands, Asst. Atty. Gen., John A. Welsch, Jr., Jackson, Miss., James S. Eaton, Charles R. Galloway, George E. Morse, Gulfport, Miss., Jacob D. Guice, Biloxi, Miss., Owen T. Palmer, Jr., Gulfport, Miss., Garner W. Green, Jackson, Miss., Gaston H. Hewes, George R. Smith, Sr., Gulfport, Miss., Edward G. Tremmel, Biloxi, Miss., Boyce Holleman, George Estes, Jr., D. Knox White, Gulfport, Miss., Arnaud Lopez, Biloxi, Miss., Eaton, Cottrell, Galloway & Lang, Gulfport, Miss., McDonnell & Lopez, Rushing & Guice, W. L. Guice, Biloxi, Miss., Morse & Morse, Rice P. York, Green, Green & Cheney, Jackson, Miss., for appellees.
Before GEWIN and COLEMAN, Circuit Judges, and HUGHES, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:
The United States brought suit for the enforcement of its contract with Harrison County, Mississippi, dated January 23, 1951. Pursuant to this agreement the federal government contributed $1,133,000 to the construction of a sand beach in the waters of the Mississippi Sound. The County dedicated the beach to the public use. The District Court dismissed the complaint. We reverse and remand, with directions.
The lawsuit began May 17, 1960...
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