Austin v. United States

Austin v. United States, 509 U.S. 602 (1993), was an Supreme Court case in 1993 where the Supreme Court decided that the Eighth Amendment includes the government seizing property as punishment.

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Richard Lyle Austin was accused of violating the drug laws of South Dakota. He admitted to having cocaine and wanting to give it to others. The United States told him to turn over his car shop. Austin said that the government doing that was a violation of the part of the 8th Amendment that says fines can't be too much. Austin won the case.

Category:United States Supreme Court cases
Category:1993 in the United States