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GREATER HOUSTON CHAPTER v. ECKELS

No. 84-2412 Summary Calendar.

755 F.2d 426 (1985)

GREATER HOUSTON CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Robert ECKELS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 28, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Gerald Treece, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Snow & Whitworth, Joellen Snow, Houston, Tex., Stefan Presser, Legal Director, Amer. Civ. Lib., Union of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Mark D. Stern, American Jewish Congress, New York City, amicus curiae.

Before GEE, JOHNSON and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing En Banc Denied May 28, 1985.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from a successful challenge by the ACLU to defendant Robert Eckels' placing of three crosses and a star of David in a county-owned park in Harris County, Texas. Since no timely notice of appeal was filed, we are without jurisdiction and therefore dismiss the appeal.

I.

The procedural chronology which compels this dismissal is as follows: the district...

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