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KENNER v. MORRIS

No. 77-1195.

600 F.2d 22 (1979)

R. Robertson KENNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joe C. MORRIS, Ray Blanton, William Leech, Jr., Marita T. Kenner, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

March 27, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice R. Franks, Pueblo, Colo., for plaintiff-appellant.

Brooks McLemore, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Tennessee, William C. Koch, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., Thomas H. Rainey, Menzies, Rainey & Kizer, Jackson, Tenn., C. Hayes Cooney, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. of Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn., for defendants-appellees.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge, and KEITH and MERRITT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This case presents a direct constitutional attack on Tennessee Code Annotated §§ 36-820, 821, which provides that husbands, but not wives, are liable for alimony and child support payments.

These proceedings are related to a domestic relations dispute between Dr. R. Robertson Kenner and his estranged wife, Marita T. Kenner. The two were married in 1960. On February 7, 1975, Mrs. Kenner filed a complaint for absolute divorce. Mrs. Kenner...

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