Alvarez v. Smith

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 2009-12-08

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*89 Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court. We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether Illinois law provides a sufficiently speedy opportunity for an individual, whose car or cash police have seized without a warrant, to contest the lawfulness of the seizure. See U. S. Const., Arndt. 14, § 1; United States v. Von Neuman…

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