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It suggests that the court might at least be open to revising the rules relating to civil forfeiture on some future case. However, it doesn't change the rules,
by Lazare 10y ago
It suggests that the court might at least be open to revising the rules relating to civil forfeiture on some future case.
However, it doesn't change the rules, and it's by no means clear that the court would change the rules, if the question comes before it, nor does it suggest that the question will come up anytime soon.
If the court had ruled the other way in this case, there would be no chance of fixing civil forfeiture. So I guess you can say that this isn't a "no", but it's also not a "yes". It's not even a "maybe". But the door is still open?