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BETTS v. TOM

Civ. No. 76-0123.

431 F.Supp. 1369 (1977)

Patricia BETTS and Donald Musumeci, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Clayton K. O. TOM, and Helen Coltes, in her capacity as Clerk of the District Court, State of Hawaii, Individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Defendants. RELIABLE COLLECTION AGENCY, LTD., a Hawaii Corporation, Individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Y. HIGA ENTERPRISES, LTD., a Hawaii Corporation, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Hawaii.

May 17, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Alston, Stanley E. Levin, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiff Betts.

James P. Dandar, Deputy Atty. Gen., Ronald Y. Amemiya, Atty. Gen., Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant Coltes.

DECISION

SAMUEL P. KING, Chief Judge.

I.

FACTS1

In July of 1975, Clayton K. O. Tom filed an action against Patricia Betts, a divorced mother of four children, for alleged breach of a lease agreement. On August 8, 1975, a state court entered a default judgment against Ms. Betts for $768.30, a sum including interests, costs, and fees. Four weeks later, at the request of Mr. Tom, defendant Helen Coltes, a clerk...

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