SWARB Et Al. v. LENNOX Et Al.

405 U.S. 191

92 S.Ct. 767

31 L.Ed.2d 138

Nellie SWARB et al., Appellants,

v.

William M. LENNOX et al.

No. 70—6.

Argued Nov. 9, 1971.

Decided Feb. 24, 1972.

Syllabus

Appellants (hereafter plaintiffs), purporting to act on behalf of a class consisting of all Pennsylvania residents who signed documents containing cognovit provisions leading, or that could lead, to confessed judgments in Philadelphia, brought this action challenging the Pennsylvania system as unconstitutional on its face as violative of due process. The three-judge District Court held that: the Pennsylvania system leading to confessed…