IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                 FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT AT CINCINNATI


ERNEST A. OLIVER,               *        CIVIL ACTION

                                         CASE NO. 97-5354 
         Plaintiff- Appellant  
                                *
v.  
                                *
                                
HYDRO-VAC SERVICES, INC.;       *
GOLDEN GALLON, INC.;            
GUY MOOSE; BILL FOXWORTH;       * 
ALC INCORPORATED, et al.,       


          Defendants - Appellees 

                    PRO SE APPELLANTS'S BRIEF

            Appealing the January 31, 1997 Order of
                      Judge James H. Jarvis
              In the United States District Court
     for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga
                     Case No. 1:91-cv-354


ERNEST A. OLIVER                    William G. Colvin, Esq.
PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/PRO SE          SHUMACKER & THOMPSON
58 Bohr Drive,                      701 Market Street, Suite 500
Chattanooga, TN 37415               Chattanooga, TN   37402-4800
(423)877-8723                       (423)265-2214

                                    William H. Horton, Esq.
                                    Horton, Maddox & Anderson
                                    One Central Plaza
                                    Sixth Floor
                                    835 Georgia Avenue
                                    Chattanooga, TN  37402
ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED             (423)265-2560

                                    James W. Gentry, Esq.
                                    Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams
                                    801 Broad Street, Sixth Floor
                                    Chattanooga, TN   37402
                                    (423)756-7000

Dated: June 11, 1997                 Attorneys for Appellees