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UNITED STATES v. ELLIS

No. 28436.

427 F.2d 132 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bob ELLIS et al., Defendants, Leo Holmes, J. F. Allen, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 4, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles B. Jones, Carlton B. Dodson, Lubbock, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Eldon B. Mahon, U. S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., Robert Zener, Walter H. Fleischer, Attys., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, COLEMAN and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The United States sued to recover cotton research and promotion assessments, 7 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq. The defendant Robert Ellis, acting as a collecting handler under the Cotton Board's Rules and Regulations, collected $8,886.00 cotton research and promotion assessments at the rate of $1.00 per bale from cotton producers during December 1967, and submitted a report of these collections to the Cotton Board.

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