Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Inc., John E. Pottharst, Jr., ind., etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants, and Getty Oil Company et al., Additional Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1971-09-16
Citations: 447 F.2d 989
Docket Number: No. 71-1913
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Inc., John E. Pottharst, Jr., ind., etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants, and Getty Oil Company et al., Additional Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 447
Pages: 989–989

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Inc., John E. Pottharst, Jr., ind., etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants, and Getty Oil Company et al., Additional Defendants-Appellees.
No. 71-1913
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Sept. 16, 1971.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 8, 1971.
H. M. Holder, Tucker, Martin, Holder, Jeter & Jackson, Shreveport, La., for appellants-cross-appellants, the Pott-harsts (in various capacities).
A. Lane Plauché, Plauche, Sanders, Smith & Hebert, Lake Charles, La., for appellant-cross-appellant, Delta Development Co., Inc.
J. B. Miller, New Orleans, La., for Louisiana Land & Exploration Co.
Thomas Connell, pro se.
Gerald J. Gallinghouse, U. S. Atty., James D. Carriere, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., Shiro Kashiwa, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edmund B. Clark, Robert S. Lynch, Attys., Dept, of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.
Austin W. Lewis, Gene W. Lafitte, John M. King, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, La., for Getty Oil Co.
John E. Bailey, Melvin Evans, New Orleans, La., for Gulf Oil Corp.
Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.
Rule 18, 5 Cir.; see Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York et al., 5 Cir. 1970, 431 F.2d 409.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
We are in agreement with the cogent opinion of the district court, United States v. Delta Development Company, 322 F.Supp. 121 (E.D.La.1970). The judgment appealed from is
Affirmed.