Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Hunt
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 12, 2007No. 05-30928PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS, Circuit Judge:
Richard N. Lewis and William J. Lewis, as trustees of the Turner Hunt Lewis Trust, and as co-administrators of the Succession of Turner Hunt Lewis, brought this suit in a Louisiana state court seeking instructions as to the validity under Louisiana law of a certain provision of the trust instrument, or, alternatively, for a concur-sus proceeding. They named the United States as a party, asserting that its sovereign immunity had been waived by 28 U.S.C. § 2410 for this suit which involves civil actions to quiet title to, or interpleader with respect to, property of the…
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