Douglas Glynn Payton, Administrator of the Estate of Sheryllynn Payton, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-appellants, v. the United States of America, Defendant-appellee, 649 F.2d 385 (5th Cir. 1981)

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US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - 649 F.2d 385 (5th Cir. 1981)

Unit B

June 16, 1981.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, Virgil Pittman, Chief Judge.


Edward L. Hardin, Jr., Leon Kelly, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Emilia M. DeMeo, Trial Atty., Eloise E. Davies, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Civil Division, for defendant-appellee.

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC

(Opinion February 2, 1981, 5 Cir., 1981, 636 F.2d 132).

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, RONEY, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, VANCE, KRAVITCH, FRANK M. JOHNSON, JR., HENDERSON, HATCHETT, ANDERSON, and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.

BY THE COURT:

A member of this Administrative Unit of the Court in active service having requested a poll on the application for rehearing en banc and a majority of the judges in this Administrative Unit in active service having voted in favor of granting a rehearing en banc,

IT IS ORDERED that the cause shall be reheard by this Administrative Unit of the Court en banc with oral argument on a date hereafter to be fixed. The Clerk will specify a briefing schedule for the filing of supplemental briefs.

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