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Flagg Bros., Inc. Vs. Brooks

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 15, 1978

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  8. U.S. 149 (1978) U.S. Supreme Court Flagg Bros., Inc. v. Brooks
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  9. U.S. 149 (1978) Flagg Bros., Inc. v. Brooks
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  10. in the proposed sale plainly distinguishes this litigation from decisions such as North Georgia Finishing, Inc. v. Di-Chem
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  11. and Sniadach v. Family
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  12. between debtors and creditors (which is not traditionally a public function) remain available to the parties. Terry v. Adams
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  13. and Marsh v. Alabama
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  14. State's mere acquiescence in a private action does not convert such action into that of the State. Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis
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  15. On July 7, 1975, the District Court, relying primarily on our decision in Jackson v. Metropolitan
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  16. for the Ninth Circuit had reached a contrary conclusion in dealing with an identical California statute in Melara v. Kennedy
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  17. by the Constitution or by federal law are protected from both governmental and private deprivation. See, e.g., Jones v. Alfred
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  18. from earlier decisions imposing procedural restrictions on creditors' remedies such as North Georgia Finishing, Inc. v. Di-Chem
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  19. Sniadach v. Family
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  20. by a series of cases challenging the exclusion of blacks from participation in primary elections in Texas. Terry v. Adams
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  21. A second line of cases under the public function doctrine originated with Marsh v. Alabama
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  22. to distribute religious literature on its streets. The Court expanded this municipal function theory in Food Employees v. Logan
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  23. This Court ultimately adopted Mr. Justice Black's interpretation of the limited reach of Marsh in Hudgens v. NLRB
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  24. the constitutional condemnation in one State of a remedy found perfectly permissible in another. Compare Cox Bakeries v. Timm
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  25. Moving & Storage, 554 F.2d 356, 358-359 (CA8 1977), with Melara, 541 F.2d at 805-806, and n. 7. Cf. Bell v. Maryland
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  26. finding of state action here. Our holding today impairs in no way the precedential value of such cases as Norwood v. Harrison
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  27. U. S. 455 (1973), or Gilmore v. City
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  28. Emphasis added.) The clearest demonstration of this distinction appears in Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis
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  29. infringing rights protected thereby. Virginia v. Rives
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  30. U. S. 349 , between public and private acts, but it has been previously rejected by this Court. In Evans v. Abney
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  31. Together with No. 77-37, Lefkowitz, Attorney General of New York v. Brooks
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  32. and No. 77-42, American Warehousemen's Assn. et al. v. Brooks
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  34. Respondents also contend that Evans v. Newton
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  35. that body of law. This situation is clearly distinguishable from cases such as North Georgia Finishing, Inc. v. Di-Chem
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  36. had ordered the garnishee not to pay over money which previously had been the property of the debtor. See Virginia v. Rives
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  37. these liens to resort to self-help remedies does not permit their conduct to be ascribed to the State. Cf. Steele v. Louisville
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  38. Davis v. Richmond
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  39. U. S. 172 n. 8, this Court has never considered the private exercise of traditional police functions. In Griffin v. Maryland
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  40. not for the first time, an attitude of callous indifference to the realities of life for the poor. See, e.g., Beal v. Doe
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  41. Jackson v. Metropolitan
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  42. Blye v. Globe-Wernicke
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  43. Numerous other courts, in New York and elsewhere, have reached a similar conclusion. See, e.g., Sharrock v. Dell
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  44. Cox Bakeries, Inc. v. Timm
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  45. Hall v. Garson
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  46. See Laprease v. Raymours
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  47. U.S. Supreme Court Flagg Bros., Inc. v. Brooks
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  48. North Georgia Finishing, Inc. v. Di-Chem
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  49. Terry v. Adams
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  50. Melara v. Kennedy
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