UNITED STATES v. BEAM

No. 81-1360.

686 F.2d 252 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Louis R. BEAM, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry H. Walsh, III, (Court-appointed), Huntsville, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Rebecca Gregory, Asst. U. S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., Joel Gershowitz, Atty., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG, WILLIAMS, and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Louis Beam appeals his conviction, following a bench trial, of the "petty offense" of violating a regulation of the Secretary of Agriculture, contrary to 16 U.S.C. § 551, by conducting and participating "in an assembly and special event" in the National Forest System without the permit required by 36 C.F.R. § 261.10(j). The referenced regulation provides, with respect to all lands in the National Forest System, that:

"The...

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