Legal Opinion
Pas P. Torres, Jr. v. First State Bank of Sierra County, a New Mexico Banking Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 3, 1977No. 76-1188PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Torres sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to secure redress for deprivation of his constitutional rights by defendant-appellee First State Bank of Sierra County. The district court sustained defendant’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim. Plaintiff appeals. We reverse.
Torres was a franchised automobile dealer in New Mexico. Without any notice to Torres, and without the service of any process on him, Bank secured a temporary restraining order in state court. The order recites that Torres had disposed of property without the knowledge of Bank…
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