Legal Opinion
George S. Davis v. Moses Richmond
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 11, 1975No. 74-1338PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, George Davis, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against a former landlord asserting that distraint of his personal effects under the Massachusetts Boardinghouse Lien Statute, Mass.G.L. c. 255, § 23, violated the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment. Section 23 gives boardinghouse and lodging-house keepers a possessory lien, on guests’ baggage and effects brought to the house, for all charges due for fare and board or lodging. The statute is understood as allowing the lienor without court order to take and maintain possession of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Fuentes v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Burton v. Wilmington Parking AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Sniadach v. Family Finance Corp. of Bay ViewSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Mitchell v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Flagg Bros., Inc. v. BrooksSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Parks v. Mr. FordCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Voytko v. Ramada Inn of Atlantic CityDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1978
- Carlos Melara v. James J. KennedyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Charles Culbertson and Helen Culbertson, His Wife v. Alice LelandCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
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