Roscoe v. Butler

NORTHROP, Chief District Judge.

The plaintiffs instituted these suits as class actions, each challenging the constitutionality of attachment upon original process after two summonses have been returned non est, as authorized by the Annotated Code of Maryland, Article 9, Section 1(b) (Cum.Supp.1972) and Maryland District Court Rules G40 et seq., on the grounds that this procedure violates the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment. The plaintiffs request this Court to enter declaratory judgments and to permanently enjoin the defendants from executing any writs of attachment issued…