UNITED STATES v. THOMAS

No. 82-1398.

709 F.2d 968 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John H. THOMAS, et al., Defendants, Lonnie D. Clark and John H. Thomas, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lonnie D. Clark and John H. Thomas, pro se.

Gordon Bynum, Houston, Tex., for Thomas.

William French Smith, Atty. Gen., William S. Liebman, Atty., Civ. Div., Commercial Lit. Branch, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RUBIN and JOLLY, Circuit Judges, and PUTNAM, District Judge.


PUTNAM, District Judge:

This appeal arises out of a civil action brought against John H. Thomas and Lonnie D. Clark, appellants, by the United States.1 Under a four-count civil complaint, later amended, the United States sought to recover subsidy payments made pursuant to the 1973 Upland Cotton Program.2 The action was based upon appellants' schemes whereby they and other participants received subsidy payments...

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