- Fuentes v. Shevin
SCOTUSCase
Litigants=Fuentes v. Shevin
ArgueDate=November 9
ArgueYear=1971
DecideDate=June 12
DecideYear=1972
FullName=Fuentes v. Shevin, Attorney General of Florida, et al.
USVol=407
USPage=67
Citation=92 S. Ct. 1983; 32 L. Ed. 2d 556; 1972 U.S. LEXIS 42; 10 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. (Callaghan) 913
Holding=Statutes in Florida and Pennsylvania that allowed for the repossession of petitioners' property without prior notice or hearing violated the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee ofprocedural due process .
SCOTUS=1972-1975
Majority=Stewart
JoinMajority=Douglas, Brennan, Marshall
Dissent=White
JoinDissent=Burger, Blackmun
NotParticipating=Powell and Rehnquist
LawsApplied=U.S. Const. Am. XIV"Fuentes v. Shevin", 407 U.S. 67 (
1972 ) was a case decided by theSupreme Court of the United States wherein petitioners challenged theconstitutionality of theUniform Commercial Code provisions of two states, Florida and Pennsylvania, which allowed for the summary seizure of a person's goods or chattels under a writ ofreplevin . The statutes were challenged under the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court held that the statutes acted as deprivations of plaintiff's property withoutdue process .ee also
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* [http://supreme.justia.com/us/407/67/case.html Written Opinion from justia.com]
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