Community Thrift Club, Inc. v. Dearborn Acceptance Corp.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

MARSHALL, District Judge.

In this suit brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of Ill.Rev.Stai, ch. 62, § 82, which deals with garnishment of wages following a judgment by confession. Plaintiffs compose a class of all wage earners whose wages are subject to garnishment in satisfaction of judgments entered pursuant to cognovit clauses. Plaintiffs seek declaratory relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202 and invoke our jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) and (4). Plaintiffs contend that the notice provided to a debtor…