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ABELL v. FRANK

No. 79-2451.

625 F.2d 653 (1980)

John M. ABELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Raymond FRANK, Individually and in his capacity of Sheriff, Travis County, Tx., Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 11, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter H. Mizell, Austin, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

William O. Whitehurst, Suzanne Wood Brown, Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, Chief Judge, REAVLEY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

R. LANIER ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner, a psychotherapist formerly licensed to practice in Texas, is the defendant in two civil actions filed in the district court of Travis County, Texas, by former patients. Plaintiffs in those lawsuits assert several causes of action which relate to petitioner's sexual relationships with them during the periods they were his patients. The issue before us concerns certain interrogatories propounded by plaintiffs which petitioner...

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