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FAMILY FINANCE CORP. v. SNIADACH

37 Wis.2d 163 (1967)

FAMILY FINANCE CORPORATION OF BAY VIEW, Respondent, v. SNIADACH, Appellant: MILLER HARRIS INSTRUMENT COMPANY, Garnishee.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

December 8, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Barbee & Jacobson, Lloyd A. Barbee, and Thomas M. Jacobson, all of Milwaukee, and Jack Greenberg, Leroy D. Clark, and Gabrielle Kirk, all of New York, N. Y., and oral argument by Thomas M. Jacobson and Lloyd A. Barbee.

For the respondent there was a brief by Sheldon D. Frank, attorney, and Sidney Gray of counsel, both of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Frank.

Briefs amici curiae were filed by Goldberg, Previant & Uelmen of Milwaukee, for the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, and by Harry F. Peck, Jr., of Milwaukee, for the Wisconsin Civil Liberties Union.

CURRIE, C. J.

Appellant attacks the constitutionality of Wisconsin's garnishment before judgment statutes, secs. 267.02 (1) (a) 1, 267.05 (1), 267.07 (1), 267.16 (1). 267.18 (2), and 267.21, Stats., on a number of grounds based on injustices and deprivations which have been, or are likely to be, suffered by others, but which she has not personally experienced.

One such ground is that poor wage earners may have their wages garnished in a situation where there...

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