DOUTHIT v. JONES

No. 78-1036.

641 F.2d 345 (1981)

Troy Lee DOUTHIT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Clarence JONES, Sheriff, Dallas County, Texas, and W. H. McCallum, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Addison, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Sue L. Lagarde and Charles J. Baldree, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Clyde F. DeWitt, III, Gen. Counsel, Houston, Tex., for Jack Heard, amicus curiae.

Before CHARLES CLARK, RONEY and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.


ON PETITIONS FOR REHEARING AND PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC

(Opinion June 20, 1980, 619 F.2d 527 (5th Cir. 1980))

PER CURIAM:

In this petition for rehearing, the defendant sheriff and deputy sheriff contend for the first time that to impose liability upon Sheriff Jones for the allegedly unlawful incarceration of Douthit in November 1973 would contravene our decision...

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