Beaird-Poulan, Inc., Cross-Appellee v. Department of Highways, State of Louisiana, Cross-Appellant, Neil Edward Goldschmidt, Secretary of Transportation, Beaird-Poulan, Inc. v. Department of Highways, State of Louisiana

616 F.2d 255, 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 18052

Opinion

616 F.2d 255

BEAIRD-POULAN, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant,
Neil Edward Goldschmidt, Secretary of Transportation,
Defendant-Appellee.
BEAIRD-POULAN, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, Defendant-Appellant.

Nos. 78-1242, 78-2904.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 30, 1980.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana; Ben C. Dawkins, Judge.

Thomas J. Wyatt, Shreveport, La., for Beaird-Poulan, Inc.

Maryann Walsh, Edward J. Shawaker, Atty., James W. Moorman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Peter M. Shane, Lands Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for B. Adams.

William W. Irwin, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., for Dept. of Highways, State of La.

Preston Pulliam, Atty., Legal Div., Dept. of Transp., State of Okl., Oklahoma City, Okl., for State of Oklahoma, etc., amicus curiae.

Before COLEMAN, Chief Judge, REAVLEY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

We affirm on the basis of the district court's opinion, 441 F.Supp. 866, which is adopted as the opinion of this Court.