ordinance-enforcement

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-268 City of Chicago, Illinois v. Marcella M. Mance Seventh Circuit 2022-09-21 Denied bankruptcy bankruptcy-avoidance circuit-split due-process impoundment judicial-lien ordinance-enforcement statutory-lien vehicle-impoundment Whether a lien that arises automatically by operation of an ordinance when a vehicle is impounded is a statutory lien, and not a judicial lien avoidab…
18-1527 Rattan Nath v. New Jersey New Jersey 2019-06-11 Denied civil-rights criminal-liability due-process equal-protection ordinance-enforcement property-rights racial-discrimination revenue-generation selective-enforcement takings vague-ordinance Can New Jersey courts provide cover to racial discrimination by imposing strict criminal liability under a vague ordinance used for revenue generation…