Legal Opinion
Parks v. Mr. Ford
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 28, 1975No. Civ. A. Nos. 72-639, 73-1699PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
FOGEL, District Judge.
Plaintiffs in these consolidated actions challenge the retention and sale elements of the “repairmen’s lien” created by the common law and statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In a prior Opinion and Order dated December 11, 1974, we upheld the “repairmen’s lien” on the dual grounds that plaintiffs had failed to show sufficient state involvement in the conduct of the private defendants to constitute: (1) state action within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment, or (2) acts under color of state law within the meaning of 42 U.S. C. § 1983.…
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