Legal Opinion
Lebowitz v. Forbes Leasing and Finance Corporation
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 19, 1971No. Civ. A. 71-369PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.
I. STATEMENT OF CASE
We are here confronted with a challenge to the validity of the Pennsylvania foreign attachment procedure on post Sniadach due process grounds. Sniadach v. Family Finance Corp. 1 is the landmark case holding that, absent notice and a pri- or hearing, the Wisconsin pre-judgment garnishment procedure in which a summons was issued at the request of a creditor’s lawyer, and the lawyer, by serving a garnishee, set in motion machinery whereby wages were frozen in the interim before trial of the main suit without any opportunity on…
2Cases cited65 opinions
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Boddie v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrathSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Proctor & Schwartz, Inc. v. Cleveland Lumber Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Elmer J. Jonnet v. Dollar Savings Bank of the City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- State Ex Rel. Payne v. WaldenWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1972
- Marvin Lebowitz v. Forbes Leasing and Finance Corporation (A Foreign Corporation)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Property Research Financial Corp. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1972
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