ZIMMERMAN v. SPEARS

Nos. 77-2209, 76-3500 and 77-3298 Summary Calendar.

565 F.2d 310 (1977)

John R. ZIMMERMAN, and Billie Zimmerman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Adrian A. SPEARS, U. S. District Judge, et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, and Larry R. Willman, Revenue Agent for Internal Revenue Service, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. John R. ZIMMERMAN and Billie Zimmerman, Defendants-Appellants. John R. ZIMMERMAN and Billie Zimmerman, Petitioners-Appellants, v. Rudy GARZA, U. S. Marshal, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 13, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh P. Shovlin, Archie Carl Pierce, Asst. U. S. Attys., San Antonio, Tex., Gilbert E. Andrews, Chief, Appellate Section, Tax Div., M. Carr Ferguson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jonathan S. Cohen, Aaron P. Rosenfeld, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee in No. 77-2209.

Gerald H. Goldstein, San Antonio, Tex., for appellant in No. 77-3298.

Jamie C. Boyd, U. S. Atty., Archie Carl Pierce, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for appellee in No. 77-3298.

John E. Clark, U. S. Atty., Archie Carl Pierce, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Gilbert E. Andrews, Chief, Appellate Sec., Myron C. Baum, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Tax Div., Robert E. Lindsay, William A. Whitledge, Attys. Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee in No. 76-3500.

Before THORNBERRY, RONEY and HILL, Circuit Judges.


JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

On our own motion, we have consolidated these separate, though related, matters in order to attempt a comprehensive and thorough examination of the various issues raised within the larger context of the procedural plethora which petitioners have created.

Because we have before us in No. 77-3298 a self-styled "Petition for the Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Panel of Three justices and/or by a Circuit justice Individually", we may,...

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