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MARTINEZ v. MAVERICK COUNTY WATER CON. & IMP. DIST. NO. 1

No. 14891.

219 F.2d 666 (1955)

Ben MARTINEZ and Terry Production Corporation, Individually and as Representatives of a Class, v. MAVERICK COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT No. 1, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 18, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. C. Mann and George D. Byfield, Laredo, Tex., for appellants.

W. M. Cleaves, Houston, Tex., Jeremiah Ingels Rhodes, Gerald D. Becker, Eagle Pass, Tex., W. F. Nowlin, Patrick H. Swearingen, Jr., Brewer, Matthews, Nowlin & Macfarlane, San Antonio, Tex., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, RIVES, Circuit Judge, and DAWKINS, District Judge.

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

Like the case of Hudspeth County Conservation and Reclamation District No. 1 v. Robbins, 5 Cir., 213 F.2d 425, the occasion for this suit is the shortage of rainfall in the watersheds of the Rio Grande River and its Tributaries.

This case was first argued and submitted before a panel of this Court consisting of Circuit Judge Strum and District Judges Dawkins and Hooper, and, without agreement being reached...

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