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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Supreme Court Rejects Due Process Challenge to Civil Forfeiture

Civil forfeiture allows the government — typically police or other law enforcement — to seize and keep or sell property that is allegedly involved in a crime or illegal activity. While civil forfeiture law varies between...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Supreme Court:  Innocent Owners of Forfeited Personal Property Must Wait

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On May 9, in Culley et al. v. Marshall, the Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Constitution does not require a preliminary hearing in civil forfeiture cases involving personal property for claimants to raise the “innocent...more

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