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Appeal dismissed. Reported below: 586 S. W. 2d 880.
Robert D. McCutcheon, by appointment of the Court, 446 U.S. 934 , argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.
Douglas M. Becker, Assistant Attorney General of Texas, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Mark White, Attorney General, John W. Fainter, Jr., First Assistant Attorney General, and W. Barton Boling and Dawn Bruner, Assistant Attorneys General.
PER CURIAM.
The appeal is dismissed for want of a properly presented federal question.
THE CHIEF JUSTICE and JUSTICE POWELL would dismiss for want of jurisdiction. [449 U.S. 199, 200]
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Citation: 449 U.S. 199
Docket No: No. 79-5962
Argued: November 05, 1980
Decided: December 09, 1980
Court: United States Supreme Court
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