Case Name: Mrs. Pauline LANG, Wade Lang and Homer Lang, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. L. L. MAULDIN, W. Reid Andrews and Will F. Radford, Defendants, United States of America, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1978-05-15
Citations: 572 F.2d 1133
Docket Number: No. 76-2937
Parties: Mrs. Pauline LANG, Wade Lang and Homer Lang, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. L. L. MAULDIN, W. Reid Andrews and Will F. Radford, Defendants, United States of America, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 572
Pages: 1133–1134

Head Matter:
Mrs. Pauline LANG, Wade Lang and Homer Lang, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. L. L. MAULDIN, W. Reid Andrews and Will F. Radford, Defendants, United States of America, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 76-2937.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
May 15, 1978.
Alvin B. Rubin, Circuit Judge, dissented with an opinion.
D. Lee Rampey, Jr., U. S. Atty., Gregory J. Leonard, Asst. U. S. Atty., Macon, Ga., Benjamin W. Beard, Atty., U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellant.
Carson Dane Perkins, Nashville, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellees.
Before SKELTON , Senior Judge, and FAY and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Claims, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
This is an intra-family dispute over a tobacco allotment arising from the sale of a portion of a parent farm. The District Director of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, in an attempt to obtain compliance with his interpretation of the agency regulations, exerted sufficient influence to cause the County Committee to reverse its original ruling in favor of the plaintiffs. The District Director continued his influence during the appeal before the Review Committee. After a full hearing and careful analysis, the District Judge remanded the matter for a de novo hearing before the County Committee.
We affirm.