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· 2/24/1988

Peralta v. Heights Medical Center, Inc.

Citations

  • 485 U.S. 80
  • 108 S. Ct. 896
  • 99 L. Ed. 2d 75
  • 1988 U.S. LEXIS 944
  • 56 U.S.L.W. 4189

How courts have described this case

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  • finding state action where the court ordered a writ of attachment
  • default judgment violated due process when no notice was provided regardless of lack of meritorious defense
  • Texas default judgment entered without proper notice to appellant was constitutionally infirm by reason of the Fourteenth Amendment
  • notice of forfeiture procedure and seizure sent to wrong address
  • motion for new trial based on no notice
  • interpreting state due course of law clause

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Judges: White, Kennedy

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