Vanessa Taylor, on Behalf of Herself and All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. Consolidated Edison Co. Of New York, Inc.

MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge.. Appellant’s electrical service was terminated by Consolidated Edison Co. (“Con Ed”) without a hearing because she allegedly had tampered with her meter and refused to pay amounts estimated by Con Ed to be owing or to leave a deposit with it to secure future payment. She brought suit in the Eastern District of New York under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming a deprivation of property without due process and in violation of the Equal Protection Clause. The late Judge Walter Bruchhausen dismissed her complaint for lack of jurisdiction on the ground that she had failed…