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BURKETT v. ASHLEY

535 S.W.2d 332 (1976)

Wilburn Lee BURKETT, Appellant, v. Honorable R.A. ASHLEY, Jr., Attorney General of Tennessee and Wanda Daugherty Burkett, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 22, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Victor Barr, Jr., James V. Barr, III, Nashville, for appellant.

William C. Koch, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellees.

COOPER, Justice.

OPINION

This is an appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of Davidson County dismissing an action for declaratory judgment.

Appellant, Wilburn Lee Burkett, filed an action against his former wife, Wanda Daugherty Burkett, and the Attorney General of the State of Tennessee seeking a declaration that the alimony statutes in effect in this state discriminate against husbands as a class and, consequently, are unconstitutional. The...

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