MITCHELL v. W. T. GRANT CO.

No. 72-6160.

416 U.S. 600 (1974)

MITCHELL v. W. T. GRANT CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 13, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Hobbs argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was John W. Reed.

Thomas J. O'Sullivan argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Marshall J. Favret.*


MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, a state trial judge in Louisiana ordered the sequestration of personal property on the application of a creditor who had made an installment sale of the goods to petitioner and whose affidavit asserted delinquency and prayed for sequestration to enforce a vendor's lien under state law. The issue is whether the sequestration violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because it was...

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