Legal Opinion
City of West Covina v. Perkins
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 13, 1999No. 97-1230PublishedCited by 203 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
We granted certiorari, 523 U. S. 1105 (1998), to consider in this case whether the Constitution requires a State or its local entities to give detailed and specific instructions or advice to owners who seek return of property lawfully seized but no longer needed for police investigation or criminal prosecution. Interpreting the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit imposed a series of specific notice requirements on the city responsible for the seizure. We conclude these requirements are not mandated by the Due Process Clause, and we…
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