civil-punishment
2 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24A295 | Larry D. Sapp v. Kimberly Foxx, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as State's Attorney of Cook County, Illinois | Seventh Circuit | 2024-09-25 | Denied | civil-punishment cruel-and-unusual eighth-amendment mendoza-martinez public-office time-limits | 1. This case presents a substantial and novel question of federal law affecting 70-100 million people, plus their families involving over 44,000 state… | |
| 22-996 | Tawanda Hall, et al. v. Andrew Meisner, Oakland County Treasurer, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2023-04-13 | Denied | civil-forfeiture civil-procedure civil-punishment constitutional-law due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause property-forfeiture takings tax-foreclosure | Whether the forfeiture of property worth far more than needed to satisfy a debt plus interest, penalties, and costs is a fine within the meaning of th… |