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Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co.
Citation:
457 U.S. 922 (1982)Facts
In 1977, Lugar, a lessee-operator of a truckstop in Virginia, was indebted to his supplier, Edmondson Oil Co. Edmondson sued on the debt in Virginia state court and sought prejudgment attachment of Lugar’s property, alleging that Lugar was disposing of or might dispose of his property to defeat his creditors. Based on this ex parte petition, a state court clerk issued a writ of attachment, which was executed by the county sheriff, effectively sequestering Lugar’s property. Thirty-four days later, a state trial judge ordered the attachment dismissed because Edmondson had failed to establish the statutory grounds for attachment. Lugar subsequently brought a § 1983 action against Edmondson, claiming that Edmondson had acted jointly with the state to deprive him of his property without due process of law. Lugar’s complaint alleged both that the Virginia attachment procedure was constitutionally defective and that Edmondson had misused the procedure in his case.
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