Legal Opinion
Jordan v. Dorsey
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 14, 1984No. Civ. A. 81-1816PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Senior District Judge.
In May, 1981, plaintiffs, low income tenants in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking to enjoin defendants’ practices of filing, entering, and executing upon confessed judgments for the possession of real property without giving plaintiffs any notice or a reasonable opportunity to defend against such action.
On June 8, 1983, after temporary injunctive relief had been granted and after a long period during which the parties attempted to settle this ease, I entered an order granting plaintiffs’ motion…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Fuentes v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by7 opinions
- In Re SoudersUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1987
- Pontarelli v. StoneDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1992
- Matter of SchiffSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1996
- Tunstall v. Office of Judicial Support of Court of Common Pleas of Delaware CountyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- Tunstall v. Office of Judicial Support of the Court of Common PleasCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
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