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Bennis v. Michigan

Further Readings



  • Brodey, Jami. "The Supreme Court Rejects Fifth and Fouteenth Amendment Protection Against the Forfeiture of an Innocent Owner's Property." Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, spring 1997, p. 692.
  • Coyle, Marcia. "Critics: Forfeiture Ruling Certain to Spur Reform." The National Law Journal, March 18, 1996, p. A12.
  • Dripps, Donald A. "Innocence is No Defense." Trial, June 1996, p. 67.
  • Herpel, Stefan B. "A License to Steal: The Forfeiture of Property." Michigan Law Review, May 1998, p. 1910.
  • Jost, Kenneth. The Supreme Court Yearbook, 1995-1996. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 1996.
  • Mickenberg, Ira. "Prosecutors Granted Leeway in Forfeitures; Decisions Give the Government Broad Authority to Expropriate Criminal Defendants' Property." The National Law Journal, July 29, 1996, p. C6.
  • Savage, David G. "Innocence Punished; Justice Ginsburg Keys Surprise Ruling in Double Jeopardy Case." ABA Journal, May 1996, p. 47.
  • Spencer, Jerome. "Auspices of Austin: Examining Excessiveness of Civil Forfeitures Under the Eighth Amendment." American Criminal Law Review, fall 1997, p. 163.
  • "Supreme Court OKs Property Seizure Laws." Today's Realtor, June 1996, p. 46.

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