Legal Opinion
Hansen v. Sheets
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided July 8, 1970No. 70-C-86Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM and ORDER
MYRON L. GORDON, District Judge.
The defendants have moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the court lacks jurisdiction and also that there is a failure to state a cause of action. The complaint alleges that male litigants involved in divorce cases are *812denied fair and equal treatment in the state courts of Wisconsin, in violation of the fourteenth amendment.
One of the plaintiffs, Jerome Hansen, and one of the defendants, Betty Hansen, are parties in a state court divorce action entitled Betty K. Hansen v. Jerome B. Hansen. The defendant Brown is the attorney for…
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