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PORTER v. UNITED STATES

No. 72-1426.

473 F.2d 1329 (1973)

Marina N. Oswald PORTER, Individually, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 12, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erich F. Klein, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Eldon B. Mahon, U. S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., Kenneth J. Mighell, Asst. U. S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., Irwin Goldbloom, Gen. Litigation Section, Morton Hollander, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, WISDOM and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This action was brought by Marina Oswald Porter, widow of Lee Harvey Oswald, to recover just compensation for certain of Oswald's personal effects taken by the United States pursuant to a special act of Congress. The district court, 335 F.Supp. 498, concluded that the compensation to which Mrs. Porter was entitled was the sum of $3000, which amount represents the stipulated market value of property similar...

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