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Connecticut Vs. Doehr

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 06, 1991

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  1. Mathews Vs. Eldridge US Supreme Court · Feb 24, 1976
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  2. Berkemer Vs. Mccarty US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1984
  3. Fuentes Vs. Shevin US Supreme Court · Jun 12, 1972
  4. Cafeteria Workers Vs. Mcelroy US Supreme Court · Jun 19, 1961
  5. U.S. 1 (1991) U.S. Supreme Court Connecticut v. Doehr
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  6. U.S. 1 (1991) Connecticut v. Doehr
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  7. alia, it permitted ex parte attachment absent a showing of extraordinary circumstances, see, e.g., Mitchell v. W.T
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  8. may have in providing the procedure or forgoing the added burden of providing greater protections. Cf. Mathews v. Eldridge
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  9. to property rights that such encumbrances entail are sufficient to merit due process protection. See, e.g., Peralta v. Heights
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  10. had yet to be served with the complaint, which is ordinarily necessary for an action to commence in Connecticut. Young v. Margiotta
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  11. The District Court upheld the statute and granted summary judgment in favor of DiGiovanni. Pinsky v. Duncan
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  12. Conn.1989). On appeal, a divided panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed. Pinsky v. Duncan
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  13. The rule to be derived from Sniadach v. Family
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  14. Id. at 855. This conclusion was deemed to be consistent with our decision in Mitchell v. W.T
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  15. Id. at 416 U. S. 609 -610. Similarly, in Mathews v. Eldridge
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  16. b) in Fermont Division, Dynamics Corp. of America v. Smith
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  17. attachment or similar procedure. Our cases reflect the numerous variations this type of remedy can entail. In Sniadach v. Family
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  18. a creditor to effect prejudgment garnishment of wages without notice and prior hearing to the wage earner. In Fuentes v. Shevin
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  19. or alienation of the encumbered property . Id. at 416 U. S. 615 -618. In North Georgia Finishing, Inc. v. DiChem
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  20. supra, 424 U.S. at 424 U. S. 334 (quoting Cafeteria Workers v. McElroy
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  21. Tulsa Professional Collection Services, Inc. v. Pope
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  22. entails primarily affects not the government, but the party seeking control of the other's property. See Fuentes v. Shevin
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  23. But the Court has never held that only such extreme deprivations trigger due process concern. See Buchanan v. Warley
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  24. Peralta v. Heights
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  25. Hodge v. Muscatine
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  26. contingency -- the award of damages to the plaintiff which the defendant may not be able to satisfy. See Ownbey v. Morgan
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  27. Ledgebrook Condominium Assn. v. Lusk
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  28. Anderson v. Nedovich
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  29. a)(1) action may be brought as a counterclaim. Hydro Air of Connecticut, Inc. v. Versa
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  30. a fact that encourages the use of attachments as a tactical device to pressure an opponent to capitulate. Blake v. Levy
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  31. cause to commence an action constitutes a complete defense, even if the advice was unsound or erroneous. Vandersluis v. Weil
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  32. of the defendant and the plaintiff accurately, due process generally requires all of the above. Page 501 U. S. 24 V Because
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  33. Our summary affirmance in Spielman-Fond, Inc. v. Hanson's
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  34. not enjoy the full precedential value of a case argued on the merits and disposed of by a written opinion. Edelman v. Jordan
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  35. counters that the post-attachment hearing is available upon request. See Fermont Division, Dynamics Corp. of America v. Smith
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  36. One State, Pennsylvania, has not had an attachment statute or rule since the decision in Jonnet v. Dollar
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  37. under a judgment, without the respondent filing a cross-petition for certiorari. E.g., Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston
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  38. when it bases its holding of unconstitutionality of the Connecticut statute as applied here on our cases of Sniadach v. Family
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  39. Mitchell v. W.T
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  40. Grant Co., 416 U. S. 600 (1974), and North Georgia Finishing v. Di-Chem
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  41. and I would point out, more emphatically than the Court does, the limits of today's holding. In Spielman-Fond, Inc. v. Hanson's
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  42. the purpose of these statutes. Petitioner, in its brief, relies in part on our summary affirmance in Bartlett v. Williams
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  43. the only cases dealing with real property cited in the Court's opinion, Peralta v. Heights
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  44. Medical Center, Inc., 485 U. S. 80 , 485 U. S. 85 (1988), and Hodge v. Muscatine
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  45. today's decision with the almost casual statement of Justice Holmes, writing for a unanimous Court in Coffin Brothers v. Bennett
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  46. Since the manner of attachment here was not a recognized procedure at common law, cf. 499 U. S. Co. v. Page
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  47. agree that its validity under the Due Process Clause should be determined by applying the test we set forth in Mathews v. Eldridge
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  48. U.S. Supreme Court Connecticut v. Doehr
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  49. Cf. Mathews v. Eldridge
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