Watkins v. United States

Full title: EFFIE LEE WATKINS, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, APPELLANT, v. UNITED STATES OF…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Jan 3, 1979

587 F.2d 279 (5th Cir. 1979)

Opinion

No. 77-1321.

January 3, 1979.

Leonard O. Fletcher, Jr., C. Thompson Harley, Augusta, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

Thomas R. Burnside, Jr., James B. Wall, Augusta, Ga., J. Cecil Davis and E. Purnell Davis, Warrenton, Ga., Dempster, Yokley, Fuchs, Barkett, Sikeston, Mo., for Effie Lee Watkins.

William T. Moore. Jr., U.S. Atty., Edmund A. Booth, Jr., List U S. Atty., U.S. Atty., Augusta, Ga., for the U.S.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Anthony A. Alaimo, Chief Judge.

Before GOLDBERG, SIMPSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

We have heard oral argument and carefully examined that record and the briefs in this appeal. We affirm on the basis of the opinion and order of the trial judge, The Honorable Anthony A. Alaimo, appearing at 462 F. Supp. 980, (D.C.). We find his opinion to be well-reasoned and thoroughly documented.

AFFIRMED.