BLACK WATCH FARMS, INC. v. DICK

Civ. No. B-58.

323 F.Supp. 100 (1971)

BLACK WATCH FARMS, INC. and Bermec Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. Jack R. DICK, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Herman L. MECKLER, and State Mutual Life Assurance Company of America, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

February 25, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Goldstein, Jacob D. Zeldes, Hans C. F. Wriedt, Bridgeport, Conn., George A. Katz, William C. Sterling, Jr., Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Morgan P. Ames, Stamford, Conn., for Jack R. Dick.

Frederick L. Comley, John S. Barton, Dion W. Moore, Pullman, Comley, Bradley & Reeves, Bridgeport, Conn., for Herman L. Meckler and State Mutual Life Assurance Co. of America.


RULING ON DEFENDANT DICK'S MOTION TO DISSOLVE ATTACHMENT

ZAMPANO, District Judge.

The question presented is whether the plaintiffs' prejudgment attachment of defendant Dick's real property constitutes a taking of property in violation of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

On or about May 1, 1970, the plaintiffs instituted this action seeking $4,500,000 plus interest in damages against the defendant on a claim of an alleged breach...

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