UNITED STATES v. GOTCHER

No. 24472.

401 F.2d 118 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. John William GOTCHER et ux., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 28, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell Rogovin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard C. Pugh, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, Gilbert E. Andrews, Jonathan S. Cohen, Stuart A. Smith, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., William Wayne Justice, U. S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., for appellant.

J. Robert Dobbs, Jr., Allen E. Pye, Tyler, Tex., for appellees.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and BELL and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges.


THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge.

In 1960, Mr. and Mrs. Gotcher took a twelve-day expense-paid trip to Germany to tour the Volkswagen facilities there. The trip cost $1372.30. His employer, Economy Motors, paid $348.73, and Volkswagen of Germany and Volkswagen of America shared the remaining $1023.53. Upon returning, Mr. Gotcher bought a twenty-five percent interest in Economy Motors, the Sherman, Texas Volkswagen dealership, that had been offered to him before he left....

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