UNITED STATES v. HUGHES

Nos. 24101, 24120 and 24121.

413 F.2d 1244 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner, v. Honorable Sarah T. HUGHES, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Respondent. GIFFORD-HILL-AMERICAN, INC., Petitioner, v. Honorable Sarah T. HUGHES, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Respondent. UNITED CONCRETE PIPE CORPORATION and Lloyd R. Earl, Petitioners, v. Honorable Sarah T. HUGHES, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 2, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Howard, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Chicago, Ill., Howard E. Shapiro, Ronald B. Lewis, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Irwin F. Woodland, Los Angeles, Cal., William P. Fonville, Dallas, Tex., for United Concrete and Lloyd R. Earl.

Stanley E. Neely, Dallas, Tex., Laughlin E. Waters, William L. Scott, Los Angeles, Cal., for Gifford-Hill-American, Inc.

Gregory B. Hovendon, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for Sarah T. Hughes.

Before GODBOLD and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and McRAE, District Judge.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

These three petitions for writs of mandamus raise important questions concerning the construction of the discovery provisions of the recently revised Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Fed.R. Crim.P. 16.1 The cases were assigned for oral argument and supplemental briefing in an earlier opinion of this court. United States v. Honorable Sarah T. Hughes, 388 F.2d 236 (5th Cir. 1968...

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