Legal Opinion
Younger v. Plunkett
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 13, 1975No. Civ. A. 73-1700PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.
The instant case is another in the massive assault upon creditor prejudgment remedies which have flowed from the watershed decisions of Sniadach v. Family Finance Corp., 395 U.S. 337, 89 S.Ct. 1820, 23 L.Ed.2d 349 (1969), and Fuentes v. Shevin, 407 U.S. 67, 92 S.Ct. 1983, 32 L.Ed.2d 556 (1972). 1 Plain tiffs challenge the constitutionality of Pennsylvania possessory lien law under which a bailee performing services with respect to the goods of another person is entitled to retain custody and to sell those goods to satisfy his charges for the services…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Fuentes v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- 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 by24 opinions
- Minnehoma Financial Co. v. PauliWyoming Supreme Court · 1977
- Kunde v. BiddleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
- Associates Financial Services Co. v. O'DellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- United States of America Through Its Agency the Small Business Administration v. Manuel Francis Pena v. James Trotter, George Eghinis, United States of America v. Robert Francis Callahan Appeal of James Woodrow TrotterCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Parks v. Mr. FordDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
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