Case Files -- Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals En Banc Opinions, Court Term 1971-1972

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Danner v. Phillips Petroleum Co. No. 30,267; 447 F.2d 159, reh. den. 450 F.2d 881 (1971) Chief Judge Brown expressed his disapproval of the panel opinion prior to publication. Judge Tuttle, a member of the panel, came to agree with him. He circulated a dissenting opinion, which would later be filed as a dissent from the denial of the petition for rehearing, and in which Judge Wisdom would concur. Includes TL of Judge Thornberry on the merits on petition for rehearing. Also includes TLS of Judge Tuttle on his dissenting opinion. And includes TLS of Chief Judge Brown on the merits, the opinion of the panel, and on en banc reconsideration as appropriate in this case. And includes memoranda on the en banc poll, among which, TLS of Chief Judge Brown on the result of the vote.