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What did the court decide in Connecticut v. Doehr?

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whether a state statute that authorizes prejudgment attachment of real estate without prior notice or hearing, without a showing of extraordinary circumstances, and without a requirement that the person seeking the attachment post a bond, satisfies the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment . We hold that, as applied to this case, it does not.

The Court held that attaching a person's home before judgment, with no hearing and no bond, violated due process. The sentence above is the court in its own words.

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