Legal Opinion
Watson v. Branch County Bank
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided August 12, 1974No. K-89-72 C.APublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
FOX, Chief Judge.
This is a challenge to the constitutionality of the self-help repossession and disposition provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, Sections 9-503 and 9-504, enacted in Michigan, M.C.L.A. Secs. 440.9503 and 440.9504, M.S.A. Secs. 19.9503 and 19.9504 [hereafter cited as UCC 9-503 and 9-504] 1 as applied to automobiles.
Each of the named plaintiffs is an owner of an automobile which was subject to a security interest held by one of the named defendants, and which was repossessed without previous notice and opportunity for judicial hearing, as…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Elliott v. WeinbergerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Satterwhite v. City of GreenvilleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- King v. South Jersey National BankSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1974
- Sweet v. General Tire & Rubber Co.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1976
- Benschoter v. First National Bank of LawrenceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1975
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