Excessive Fines Clause Archives

TIMBS v. INDIANA, 586 U.S. ___ (2019)

Issues: Constitutional Law, Eighth Amendment, Excessive Fines Clause

NOTICE: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the preliminary print of the United States Reports. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. 20543, of any typographical or other formal errors, in order that corrections may be made before the preliminary […]

Browning-Ferris Indus. of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc. 492 U.S. 257 (1989)

Issues: Eighth Amendment, Excessive Fines Clause

492 U.S. 257 109 S.Ct. 2909 106 L.Ed.2d 219 BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES OF VERMONT, INC., et al., Petitioners v. KELCO DISPOSAL, INC., et al. No. 88-556. Argued April 18, 1989. Decided June 26, 1989. Syllabus Respondents Joseph Kelley and Kelco Disposal, Inc., filed suit against petitioners (collectively BFI) in Federal District Court, charging BFI with antitrust […]

AUSTIN v. UNITED STATES, 509 U.S. 602 (1993)

Issues: Constitutional Law, Eighth Amendment, Excessive Fines Clause

509 U.S. 602 113 S.Ct. 2801 125 L.Ed.2d 488 Richard Lyle AUSTIN, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES. No. 92-6073. Argued April 20, 1993. Decided June 28, 1993. HEADNOTES CONSTITUTIONAL LAW?? Excessive Fines?? Forfeitures of Property?? Drug-Related Offenses. Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause applies to forfeitures of vehicles or real property used in commission of drug-related offenses […]