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duPONT v. SOUTHERN NAT. BANK OF HOUSTON, TEX.

No. 84-2043.

771 F.2d 874 (1985)

Eugene duPONT, III, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross Appellant, v. SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, Trustee, et al., Defendants-Appellants Cross Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank B. Davis, Scott A. Brister, Houston, Tex., for Southern Nat. Bank.

Ronald A. Palmer, Gregg S. Weinberg, Houston, Tex., for Eugene duPont, IV.

Robert A. Gwinn, Charles L. Perry, Dallas, Tex., for Edward J. Brady, Trustee.

John T. Anderson, Duncan Elliott Osborne, Austin, Tex., for Daphne B. Vaughan and B.F. Vaughan.

J. Clifford Gunter, III, Michael Kuhn, Houston, Tex., for Eugene duPont, III.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GOLDBERG and TATE, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

This case illustrates once again the unfortunate verity that the family, although ideally a nurturer of love and affection, often succumbs to the corrosive influence of avarice and financial calculation. We chronicle today an attempt at economic filicide involving one of America's most renowned and wealthy families — the duPonts. The patriarch of the family, Eugene duPont III, seeks through this suit to revoke an irrevocable Trust whose...

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