GEWIN, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Albert Carter and Charles Chapman instituted a class action suit on January 30, 1978 against the clerk of the District Court for the Southern District of Texas seeking a declaratory judgment that a local district court rule was in contravention of 28 U.S.C. § 1746 (1976). The statute provides that in all federal governmental proceedings, written declarations made under "penalty of perjury" were permissible in lieu of sworn affidavits...
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