One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v. Pennsylvania

One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v. Pennsylvania

Argued March 31, 1965
Decided April 29, 1965
Full case name One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v. Pennsylvania
Citations

380 U.S. 693 (more)

Holding
Civil forfeiture could not apply when the evidence was illegally obtained.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Case opinions
Majority Goldberg, joined by Brennan, Clark, Douglas, Harlan , Stewart, Warren, White
Concurrence Black
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One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v. Pennsylvania 380 U.S. 693 (1965) was a Supreme Court of the United States case handed down in 1965. The Court ruled that civil forfeiture could not apply where the evidence used to invoke the forfeiture was obtained illegally.

Some police officers followed the suspect vehicle, and pulled over the car because it was "riding low." Without a warrant, they searched the trunk and found untaxed liquor. The car was seized, and the state also attempted to confiscate the automobile in question as a civil penalty. The Court ruled unanimously that the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, held applicable to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment, applies to civil actions by the states as well as criminal ones, noting that one could be subject to an even worse penalty in a civil proceeding, where the value of the items being forfeited might be more than the maximum possible fine in a criminal case.

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