Legal Opinion
Greene v. Lindsey
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 17, 1982No. 81-341PublishedCited by 356 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
A Kentucky statute provides that in forcible entry or de-tainer actions, service of process may be made under certain circumstances by posting a summons on the door of a tenant’s apartment. The question presented is whether this statute, as applied to tenants in a public housing project, fails to afford those tenants the notice of proceedings initiated against them required by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Appellees Linnie Lindsey, Barbara Hodgens, and Pamela Ray are tenants in a Louisville, Ky., housing project. Appellants are the Sheriff of Jefferson County, Ky., and…
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