Legal Opinion
Kenneth B. Stephens, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. George P. Tielsch, Chief of Police of the City of Seattle
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 3, 1974No. 73-3580PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHOY, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, Kenneth Stephens, brought this civil rights action to challenge a Seattle city ordinance, Seattle, Wash., Code c. 21.48, which permits the towing of illegally parked vehicles. Basically, his claim is that it offends procedural due process not to require that a hearing be held immediately after a vehicle is towed but before the towing charges are paid. The district court invoked the doctrine of abstention so as to permit state judicial consideration of Stephens’ claim; it reasoned that the issue was one of local concern which had “not been subjected to the…
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