Legal Opinion
Cranston v. Commercial Chemical Corp.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 2, 1974PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POMEROY, Justice.
Prior to August 1, 1973, the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 4A, provided that real estate attachments were expressly excluded from the requirement that notice to the. defendant and opportunity for hearing be had before an attachment could be made. On June 25, 1973, a three-judge Federal District Court declared that portion of Rule 4A violated established principles of due process and was therefore unconstitutional. Gunter v. Merchants Warren National Bank et al., 360 F.Supp. 1085 (D.Me.1973).
In response to Gunter, this Court amended Rule 4A, effective August 1, 1973, to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Mitchell v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
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