Mobile Components, Inc. v. Layon

I cannot agree with the majority opinion that the filing of a lien statement under the Oklahoma Mechanics’ and Materialmen’s lien statutes constitute only a de minimis interference with the use and enjoyment of real property1 or that it does not approach a taking of a significant property interest requiring the protection of state and federal due process. Nor am I persuaded that because the original landowner in this case was “in fact able to sell the Broken Arrow property to appellee, PRCCC, notwithstanding the existence of the very lien statement complained of here” that the filing of the…