GREENE v. LINDSEY

No. 81-341.

456 U.S. 444 (1982)

GREENE ET AL. v. LINDSEY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Hoge III argued the cause and filed a brief for appellants.

Robert Frederick Smith argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was Barry L. Master.*

David M. Madway filed a brief for the National Housing Law Project as amicus curiae.


JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

A Kentucky statute provides that in forcible entry or detainer actions, service of process may be made under certain circumstances by posting a summons on the door of a tenant's apartment. The question presented is whether this statute, as applied to tenants in a public housing project, fails to afford those tenants the notice of proceedings initiated against them required by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth...

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