OLIVIER v. DOGA

No. 64532.

384 So.2d 330 (1979)

Earl John OLIVIER v. Donald W. DOGA, Clerk of Court.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 11, 1980.

Dissenting Opinion May 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis B. Viviano, A Professional Law Corp., Opelousas, for Louis B. Viviano, intervenor-applicant.

John L. Olivier, Olivier & Brinkhaus, Sunset, for plaintiff-respondent.


BLANCHE, Justice.*

The legal issue that brought this matter before us is whether a contingency fee contract entered into between a wife and her attorney to represent her in the partition of the community is void as being against public policy when the contract is entered into after the separation of the husband and wife but before divorce. The Court of Appeal found that the contract was against...

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