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Foreword: Wage Garnishment—An Extraordinary Remedy Run Amok, Mark T. Patterson Apr 1968

Foreword: Wage Garnishment—An Extraordinary Remedy Run Amok, Mark T. Patterson

Washington Law Review

There are cases on the basis of which the present Washington statute can be upheld as constitutional. Whether these cases actually remain the law of the land although they have not been expressly overruled is open to question. It cannot be denied, however, that a case can be made for legislative change in the interest of the people of the state. The facts are clear to anyone who wishes to seek them out. Because of the defendants' financial inability to withstand the pressure of a writ of garnishment, unscrupulous collectors through the use of this statute are every day recovering …


Foreword: Wage Garnishment—An Extraordinary Remedy Run Amok, Mark T. Patterson Apr 1968

Foreword: Wage Garnishment—An Extraordinary Remedy Run Amok, Mark T. Patterson

Washington Law Review

There are cases on the basis of which the present Washington statute can be upheld as constitutional. Whether these cases actually remain the law of the land although they have not been expressly overruled is open to question. It cannot be denied, however, that a case can be made for legislative change in the interest of the people of the state. The facts are clear to anyone who wishes to seek them out. Because of the defendants' financial inability to withstand the pressure of a writ of garnishment, unscrupulous collectors through the use of this statute are every day recovering …


Wage Garnishment In Washington—An Empirical Study, C. Kenneth Grosse, Charles W. Lean Apr 1968

Wage Garnishment In Washington—An Empirical Study, C. Kenneth Grosse, Charles W. Lean

Washington Law Review

The empirical data presented in this note were derived from studies conducted over a period of several months by members of the Washington Law Review. The most important project in terms of time and resource allocation was a study of 187 randomly selected case files taken from Seattle District Justice Court. The results of this study are reproduced in the Appendix. Three other studies were undertaken, consisting of telephone surveys of selected groups of collectors, employers, and union representatives. The results of these are not reproduced in tabulated form but the more significant data are set out in the text …


Wage Garnishment In Washington—An Empirical Study, C. Kenneth Grosse, Charles W. Lean Apr 1968

Wage Garnishment In Washington—An Empirical Study, C. Kenneth Grosse, Charles W. Lean

Washington Law Review

The empirical data presented in this note were derived from studies conducted over a period of several months by members of the Washington Law Review. The most important project in terms of time and resource allocation was a study of 187 randomly selected case files taken from Seattle District Justice Court. The results of this study are reproduced in the Appendix. Three other studies were undertaken, consisting of telephone surveys of selected groups of collectors, employers, and union representatives. The results of these are not reproduced in tabulated form but the more significant data are set out in the text …