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HOWELL v. JONES

No. 74-2292.

516 F.2d 53 (1975)

Charles Ben HOWELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Clarence JONES, Sheriff, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 6, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Averil Sweitzer, Dallas, Tex., Howard D. Pattison, Athens, Tex., Marvin Collins, Fort Worth, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., John B. Tolle, John H. Hagler, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG and RONEY, Circuit Judges, and GROOMS, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 6, 1975.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Charles Ben Howell, a Texas lawyer, appeals the denial of habeas corpus relief from two convictions for contempt in Texas state courts. The first contempt citation resulted when Howell, as an attorney, failed to make a disclosure to the court of collateral legal proceedings concerning a divorce case he was handling, even when directly questioned...

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