Seized Vehicle ruling

  • Supreme Court Reinforces Police Power In Seized Vehicle Ruling

    Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson. “The majority today holds that due process never requires the minimal check of a retention hearing before a police officer deprives an innocent owner of her car for months or years,” Sotomayor wrote. Plaintiff Lena Sutton’s vehicle was seized while it was being driven by a friend who…