
Amicus Briefs
The Institute for Justice litigates civil forfeiture cases nationwide, in order to combat the use of the civil forfeiture laws to seize property without respect for due process of law. As part of our initiative, IJ has filed several friend of the court briefs in support of property owners who fighting against forfeiture.
U.S. Supreme Court
United States v. James Daniel Good Real Property, 510 U.S. 43 (1993)
Bennis v. Michigan, 516 U.S. 442 (1996)
Alvarez v. Smith, 555 U.S. 87 (2009)
Florida v. Harris 133 S.Ct. 1050 (2013)
Kaley v. United States, 134 S. Ct. 1090 (2014)
Henderson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 1780 (2015)
U.S. Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit
United States v. Batato (2015)
United States v. Bednar (2015)
Minnesota Supreme Court
Daniel Garcia-Mendoza v. 2003 Chevy Tahoe (2014)
Megan Ashley Olson v. One 1999 Lexus (2018)
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Commonwealth v. Young (2016)