Foret v. Wilson

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Jan. 26, 1984.

Rehearing Denied Feb. 23, 1984.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1984-01-26

3 counsel of record

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“only gold and silver coin may be constituted legal tender”

quoted by 1 later decision, including Devore v. Federal Savings

Relies on Juilliard v. Greenman

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1984-01-26

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Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently February 2010

2 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions

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¶1Summary Calendar.

¶2Clarence P. Foret, Sr., pro se.

¶3Earl J. Roussel, pro se.

¶4Jack R. Crais, Hahnville, La., for defendant-appellee.

¶5Before GEE, POLITZ, and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

¶6PER CURIAM:

¶7Appellant Foret, having bid $2.80 in silver dimes on a foreclosed property requiring a minimum bid of $80,000.00 under Louisiana law, complains to us of the refusal of the foreclosing authority to deed the property to him and of the dismissal of his complaint by the district court. His argument, that only gold and silver coin may be constituted legal tender by the United States, is hopeless and frivolous, having been rejected finally by the United States *255Supreme Court one hundred years ago. Juilliard v. Greenman, 110 U.S. 421, 4 S.Ct. 122, 28 L.Ed. 204 (1884).

¶8AFFIRMED.