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LINDSEY v. NORMET

No. 70-5045.

405 U.S. 56 (1972)

92 S.Ct. 862

31 L.Ed.2d 36

LINDSEY ET AL. v. NORMET ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 23, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Clough argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs was Myron Moskovitz.

Theodore B. Jensen argued the cause for appellee Normet. With him on the briefs was Donald J. DeFrancq.

Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed by Delane C. Carpenter for the Pima County Bar Assn.; by Howard W. Dixon, Bruce S. Rogow, and Steven Rappaport for Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc.; by Helen S. White and Gerald D. McGonigle for New Hampshire Legal Assistance; by W. J. Michael Cody III for Memphis and Shelby County Legal Services Assn., Inc.; by Elizabeth M. Brooks for June Brooks; by Paul L. McKaskle for Western Center on Law and Poverty; by Martin R. Glenn and John G. O'Mara for Legal Aid Society of Louisville; by Andrea M. Alcarese for Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.; by Nancy E. LeBlanc for Community Action for Legal Services, Inc., et al.; and by Franklin Arthur Martens for Allen County Legal Aid Society et al.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents the question of whether Oregon's judicial procedure for eviction of tenants after nonpayment of rent violates either the Equal Protection Clause or the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

The material facts were stipulated. Appellants were the month-to-month tenants of appellee Normet1 and paid $100 a month for the use of a single-family residence...

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