CRANSTON v. COMMERCIAL CHEMICAL CORP.


324 A.2d 301 (1974)

Richard E. CRANSTON et al. v. COMMERCIAL CHEMICAL CORP.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

August 2, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cram & Dalton by Edward C. Dalton, Jr., Falmouth, for plaintiffs.

Verrill, Dana, Philbrick, Putnam & Williamson by John A. Mitchell, Portland, for defendant.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J., and WEATHERBEE, POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD and DELAHANTY, JJ.


POMEROY, Justice.

Prior to August 1, 1973, the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 4A, provided that real estate attachments were expressly excluded from the requirement that notice to the defendant and opportunity for hearing be had before an attachment could be made. On June 25, 1973, a three-Judge Federal District Court declared that portion of Rule 4A violated established principles of due process and was therefore unconstitutional. Gunter v. Merchants Warren...

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