Pacific Overseas Co. v. United States

Foed, Judge:

This case was originally assigned to Judge Rao who prepared a proposed majority opinion. Judge Lawrence havmg disqualified himself from participating in this decision, Judge Rao’s opinion was submitted to the writer for approval or disapproval. The writer being in disagreement with the final conclusion reached by Judge Rao, Judge Ekwall was assigned to participate in the decision, and he having agreed with the writer’s views, the case was assigned to the writer to prepare the majority opinion.

The reasoning advanced by Judge Rao in support of his conclusion that the involved…