ZIEGLER v. ZIEGLER

No. 80-3187 Summary Calendar.

632 F.2d 535 (1980)

Charles W. ZIEGLER, III, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Deborah Carroll ZIEGLER et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A.

December 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Strickler, Jr., Ann Woolhandler, Michael G. Collins, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Herman & Herman, Maury A. Herman, New Orleans, La., for Deborah Ziegler.

Louis M. Jones, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Louisiana, New Orleans, La., for Judges S. Sanford Levy and Henry J. Roberts.

Before CHARLES CLARK, REAVLEY and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

On January 10, 1978, defendant Deborah Ziegler filed suit against her husband Charles W. Ziegler, III in Louisiana state court seeking a divorce and a partition of property belonging to the community. Shortly thereafter, the husband brought this action in district court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief on the ground that Louisiana's "double declaration" doctrine violates the equal protection guarantees of the fourteenth amendment. The double declaration...

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