Legal Opinion
Jordan v. Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien, and Frankel
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 1, 1992No. Civ. A. 91-2600PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WALDMAN, District Judge.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that defendants unconstitutionally deprived them of property without due process of law. Defendant is a law firm (“Fox, Rothschild”) which was retained to obtain and execute a confessed judgment against plaintiff Jordan, Mitchell, Inc. pursuant to a cognovit clause in its lease. Defendants entered judgment and thereafter obtained a writ of execution which a sheriff served on Fidelity Bank thereby attaching the account maintained by the corporate plaintiff at that institution. On March…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Flagg Bros., Inc. v. BrooksSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Harsco Corp. v. Lucjan ZlotnickiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Joe J. Jordan James E. Mitchell Jordan Mitchell, Inc. v. Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, Joe J. Jordan James E. Mitchell Jordan Mitchell, Inc., on Their Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Arnold T. Berman Myron J. Berman John J. Petit, Jr., Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Joe J. Jordan James E. Mitchell Jordan Mitchell, Inc., at No. 92-1424, Arnold T. Berman and Myron J. Berman, at No. 92-1456Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Jordan v. Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & FrankelCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- USA Jet Airlines, Inc v. SchickMichigan Court of Appeals · 2001
- USA Jet Airlines, Inc v. SchickMichigan Court of Appeals · 2001