King v. South Jersey National Bank

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Hughes, C. J.

Challenging as invalid the repossession of an automobile (by a secured creditor, after default in payment) this appeal primarily suggests constitutional infirmity in N. J. 8. A. 12A:9-503, a part of the New Jersey Uniform Commercial Code.1 It invokes, in the name of constitutional right, the conceptual reach of the policy which would provide protection in the marketplace in cases such as typified by Fuentes v. Shevin, 407 U. S. 67, 92 S. Ct. 1983, 32 L. Ed. 2d 556 (1972), reh. den. 409 U. S. 902, 93 S. Ct. 177, 34 L. Ed. 2d 165.2

The…