Greene v. Lindsey

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1982-05-17

Cited by 396 later decision(s) in our corpus · see the citation network in Lexace

Open in Lexace · Ask the AI about this case

From the opinion

Justice Brennan delivered the opinion of the Court. A Kentucky statute provides that in forcible entry or de-tainer actions, service of process may be made under certain circumstances by posting a summons on the door of a tenant’s apartment. The question presented is whether this statute, as applied to tenants in a public housing project, fails to afford those tenants the notice of proceedings initiated again…

Read the full opinion (source) ↗


Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Citation figures are counts of later citing opinions in our corpus and may be incomplete; always read and Shepardize the full opinion before relying on it.