Tunheim v. Bowman

ORDER DISSOLVING THREE-JUDGE COURT

This action was instituted for declaratory relief adjudging Nevada’s confession of judgment statutes 1 to be per se unconstitutional, and to enjoin enforcement of certain judgments obtained by confession. A three-judge court has been convened.

In addition to alleging that the Nevada statutes are facially unconstitutional because the procurement of a judgment and the levy of execution thereon without prior notice and an opportunity to be heard deprive plaintiffs of property without due process of law, plaintiffs allege that procedures employed as to them…