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  2. Civil forfeiture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Accordingly, equitable sharing "effectively subverts the will and intent of the state legislatures" and has been criticized by prominent civil rights attorney and property rights advocate Scott Bullock as being a "complete violation" of the principle of federalism. [14] Extent of abuse. Proponents and critics differ about the extent of cases in ...

  3. Asset forfeiture - Wikipedia

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    A confiscation order is a court order made in the Crown Court requiring a convicted defendant to pay a specified amount of money to the state by a specified date. Secondly, there are cash forfeiture proceedings, which take place (in England and Wales) in a magistrates' court with a right of appeal to the Crown Court , having been brought by ...

  4. Marcus v. Search Warrant - Wikipedia

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    Search Warrant of Property at 104 East Tenth Street, Kansas City, Missouri, is an in rem case decided by the United States Supreme Court on the seizure of obscene materials. The Court unanimously overturned a Missouri Supreme Court decision upholding the forfeiture of hundreds of magazines confiscated from a Kansas City wholesaler .

  5. Police Cannot Seize Property Indefinitely After an Arrest ...

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    The plaintiffs each had their property seized by D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Five of the plaintiffs were arrested during a Black Lives Matter protest in the Adams Morgan ...

  6. Court tosses Missouri law that barred police from enforcing ...

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    The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the Missouri law violated a section of the U.S. Constitution known as the supremacy clause, which asserts that federal law takes precedence over state laws.

  7. Supreme Court says Missouri can’t bar local police from ...

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    The Supreme Court declined to revive a controversial Missouri law on Friday that prohibits local law enforcement from helping federal officials enforce federal gun regulations.

  8. Confiscation - Wikipedia

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    Goods may also be confiscated by the state for breaches of statutes relating to customs, excise or explosives. [1] In the United Kingdom a confiscation order is a court order made under part 2 (England & Wales), part 3 (Scotland) or part 4 (Northern Ireland) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 requiring a convicted defendant to pay a specified ...

  9. Missouri House approves putting St. Louis police back under ...

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    The police would be controlled by a state board of commissioners, which would be nearly identical to the one that controls the Kansas City Police Department.