Wegwart v. Eagle Movers, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1977
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Applies 18 U.S.C. § 242 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Monroe v. Pape · Fuentes v. Shevin · Sosna v. Iowa · Screws v. United States · Sniadach v. Family Finance Corp. of Bay View
Most-quoted passages
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““It is beyond dispute that the defendant sheriffs are acting under color of state law in executing the writ of restitution. * * * It is also beyond dispute that the defendant movers acquire their liens when they remove the named plaintiff’s goods at the direction of the defendant sheriffs. This concert of action between the defendants casts the defendant movers in the role of agents of the sheriffs and brings their actions ‘under color of’ state law. See Brooks v. Flagg Bros., Inc., 553 F.2d 764 (2d Cir. 1977). * * * * * * “The defendant movers derive aid from §§ 299.45 and 407.210, Wis.Stats. (1971), in the conduct of its business. Were it not for the statutes, the defendant movers could not enter into the premises, remove the goods, and automatically acquire warehousemen’s liens. Such aid must be characterized as significant for it is the sole basis for the defendant movers’ liens.” 441 F.Supp. 872, 878-879 (E.D. Wis.1977).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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