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WATTIGNY v. STATE

No. 51027.

244 So.2d 842 (1971)

257 La. 945

Gerard H. WATTIGNY v. STATE of Louisiana.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 24, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Thomas W. McFerrin, Kenneth C. DeJean, Asst. Attys. Gen., for defendant-appellant.

Armentor, Wattigny & Decuir, Minos H. Armentor, Gerard B. Wattigny, New Iberia, for plaintiff-appellee.

Durrett, Hardin, Hunter, Dameron & Fritchie, Wallace A. Hunter, Baton Rouge, for intervenor.

BARHAM, Justice.

Gerard H. Wattigny, sheriff of the Parish of Iberia, brought this suit for declaratory judgment in the Sixteenth Judicial District Court for that parish, attacking as unconstitutional a portion of Act 109 of 1969. That act, which amended and reenacted R.S. 33:1421, purported to set uniform salaries based upon parish population for the various sheriffs throughout the State of Louisiana, with the exception of Orleans Parish.*

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