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Legal Citation: 407 U.S. 67 (1972)

Appellant
Margarita Fuentes

Appellee
Robert L. Shevin

Appellant's Claim
Denying debtors a hearing before merchandise is reposed by private creditors violates the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee that no state shall deprive any person of property without due process of law.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Michael Abbott

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Herbert T. Schwartz

Justices for the Court
William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall, Potter Stewart (writing for the Court)

Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E. Burger, Byron R. White (Lewis F. Powell, Jr., and William H. Rehnquist did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
12 June 1972

Decision
The Court set aside two three-judge...