Tri-State Development, Ltd. v. Johnston, 160 F.3d 528 (9th Cir. 1998)

Mr. Helsdon argued Tri-State Development v. Johnson before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals of the United States, in which the 9th Circuit Court held that the Washington pre-judgment attachment statute, allowing attachment of real property without prior notice to the owner, was unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.