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UNITED STATES v. RAINWATER

Nos. 16472, 16473.

283 F.2d 386 (1960)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. R. S. RAINWATER, Sr., et al., d/b/a R. S. Rainwater & Sons, Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK, WALNUT RIDGE, ARKANSAS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

November 4, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn H. Baldwin, Attorney, Civil Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., Alan S. Rosenthal and William E. Mullin, Attorneys, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and Osro Cobb, U. S. Atty., Little Rock, Ark., on the brief, for appellant.

Leon B. Catlett, Little Rock, Ark., Catlett & Henderson, Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT and BLACKMUN, Circuit Judges, and REGISTER, District Judge.

REGISTER, District Judge.

The narrow questions presented on these appeals are whether the trial court committed reversible error in excluding witness Blalock's prior written inconsistent statements as substantive evidence, and in directing a verdict in favor of the defendants.1

These actions were instituted by the United States of America under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C.A. §§ 231-233, against R. S. Rainwater, Sr...

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