CUMMINGS v. UNITED STATES

No. 80-2298 Summary Calendar.

648 F.2d 289 (1981)

David M. CUMMINGS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America and Colonel James M. Sigler, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

June 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bracewell & Patterson, William Fred Hagans, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

William Cornelius, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., Thomas L. Riesenberg, Edward J. Shawaker, Attys., Anthony C. Liotta, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Land & Natural Resources Div., Appellate Section, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEE, RUBIN and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.


Alvin B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

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