Legal Opinion
Hafner v. Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided August 27, 1985No. 84-612, S 84-737PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ALLEN SHARP, Chief Judge.
Milton Hafner is an ordained minister in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and is married to Jacqueline Hafner. Milton Hafner is also a duly licensed attorney at law. The complaint of Jacqueline Hafner was filed October 3, 1984 and the complaint of Milton Hafner was filed on Decembér 10, 1984. Both complaints portend to invoke the jurisdiction of this court on the basis of diversity of citizenship under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332 and 1441. The allegations of the complaints in each case are basically the same except that Jacqueline Hafner alleges the status…
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