· 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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