Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Duncan v. United States

500 U.S. 933

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1991-05-20
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • affirming district court’s order that seized property be used to pay off monetary penalties imposed as part of the sentence
  • even in cases involving only “unconstitutional acts of low-level municipal employees,” custom or policy may be proven
  • four instances of abuse in four years does not put supervisor on notice
  • both applying “crime of violence” definition to generic description of crime

Citator

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C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.