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Portrait of John Marshall Harlan II John Marshall Harlan II Sniadach v. Family Finance Corporation of Bay View…

Particularly in light of my Brother BLACK'S dissent, I think it not amiss for me to make explicit the precise basis on which I join the Court's opinion. The 'property' of which petitioner has been deprived is the use of the garnished portion of her wages during the interim period between the garnishment and the culmination of the main suit.
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Portrait of John Marshall Harlan II John Marshall Harlan II Sniadach v. Family Finance Corporation of Bay View…

Apart from special situations, some of which are referred to in this Court's opinion, see ante, at 339, I think that due process is afforded only by the kinds of 'notice' and 'hearing' which are aimed at establishing the validity, or at least the probable validity, of the underlying claim against the alleged debtor before he can be deprived of his property or its unrestricted use.
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