Legal Opinion
United States v. Lourice Baker and Lena Marie Knowlton
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 26, 1980No. 79-5470PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge.
We are faced today with a lacuna in the midst of a somewhat dense federal law. The statutory language provides little guidance, and we have no helpful legislative history to aid us in filling the gap. Our task, then, is to read the collective mind of the 1948 Congress. Without a (very large) psychiatrist’s couch, this task is difficult indeed.
I. Factual Background
Appellants Lourice Baker and Lena Marie Knowlton were part-time employees of the Housing Authority of the City of Dallas (“DHA”), hired to help train DHA security guards. 1 DHA was the recipient of $3,500,-000…
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