E. GORDON WEST, District Judge:
This suit began as a concursus proceeding filed in a State District Court in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The concursus proceeding was commenced by John S. Garrett, the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana, when conflicting claims were made against the accrued and prospective salary of State Representative Richard E. Cheek. Mr. Garrett, as Speaker of the House, was in charge of disbursing salaries due the members...
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