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Scope and Contents Hoover v. Beto No. 29,587; 467 F.2d 516 (1972), rev'g 439 F.2d 913 (1971),cert. den. Hoover v. Estelle, 409 U.S. 1086 (1972) Chief Judge Brown requested an en banc poll in a letter to which Judges Rives and Simpson objected on procedural grounds. The poll, however, went ahead. After a vote in favor of the en banc rehearing, Chief Judge Brown requested the Texas Attorney General to file supplemental briefs. To this Judge Simpson also objected, and requested that the decision to grant en banc...