Connecticut v. Doehr

Connecticut v. Doehr, 501 U.S. 1 (1991), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a state statute authorizing prejudgment attachment of a defendant's real property upon the filing of an action without prior notice or hearing, a showing of extraordinary circumstances, or a requirement that the plaintiff post a bond violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Connecticut v. Doehr
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 7, 1991
Decided June 6, 1991
Full case nameConnecticut v. Brian K. Doehr
Citations501 U.S. 1 (more)
111 S. Ct. 2105; 115 L. Ed. 2d 1; 1991 U.S. LEXIS 3317
Case history
PriorCertiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Holding
A state law authorizing the prejudgment attachment of a defendant's real property at the outset of a lawsuit without notice to the defendant or a hearing or any showing of extraordinary circumstances violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
Byron White · Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun · John P. Stevens
Sandra Day O'Connor · Antonin Scalia
Anthony Kennedy · David Souter
Case opinions
MajorityWhite, joined by unanimous (Parts I, III); Rehnquist, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter (Part II)
PluralityWhite, joined by Marshall, Stevens, O'Connor (Parts IV, V)
ConcurrenceRehnquist, joined by Blackmun
ConcurrenceScalia
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV
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