civil-punishment

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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 Presumed Complete civil-punishment cruel-and-unusual eighth-amendment mendoza-martinez public-office time-limits Whether civil punishment statutes that permanently restrict an individual's right to hold public office without time limits violate the Eighth Amendme…
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…