The case of Nobles v. Georgia in 1897 revolved around the issue of whether a state law that allowed for the seizure and sale of property to satisfy a tax lien, without providing notice to the owner or an opportunity for hearing, violated due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. The Supreme Court ruled against Nobles, upholding Georgia's right to seize and sell his property without prior notification or hearing. The court held that while due process generally requires notice and opportunity for hearing before deprivation of life, liberty or property can occur; exceptions exist when it comes to taxation matters where states have wide latitude in devising their own procedures as long as they do not transgress fundamental principles.

In the dissenting opinion for Nobles v. Georgia, it was argued that the majority's decision to overturn Mr. Nobles' conviction on grounds of a procedural error was incorrect and unjustified. The dissenting justices believed that even though there may have been an irregularity in how the jury had been selected, this did not necessarily mean that Mr. Nobles had not received a fair trial or that his constitutional rights had been violated as he claimed. They pointed out that no evidence of bias or prejudice against him by any member of the jury could be found and thus, they saw no reason why his conviction should be overturned based solely on this technicality. Furthermore, they felt strongly about upholding respect for state courts and their decisions unless clear violations were evident which wasn't so in this case according to them.