Larry Dean Dusenbery v. United States
Decided January 8, 2002. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 00-6567 · 534 U.S. 161 (2002) · Cited 924 times
Holding
The FBI's notice of the cash forfeiture satisfied due process.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- William Hubbs Rehnquist · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- Antonin Scalia
- Clarence Thomas
- Sandra Day O'Connor
Dissenting · 4
- David Hackett Souter
- John Paul Stevens
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg · filed a dissenting opinion
- Stephen Gerald Breyer
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · 339 U.S. 306 (1950)
- Mennonite Board of Missions v. Adams · 462 U.S. 791 (1983)
- Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
- Tulsa Professional Collection Services, Inc. v. Pope · 485 U.S. 478 (1988)
- Schroeder v. City of New York · 371 U.S. 208 (1962)
- Walker v. City of Hutchinson · 352 U.S. 112 (1956)
- Greene v. Lindsey · 456 U.S. 444 (1982)
- Houston v. Lack · 487 U.S. 266 (1988)
- Medina v. California · 505 U.S. 437 (1992)
- United States v. James Daniel Good Real Property · 510 U.S. 43 (1993)
- Grannis v. Ordean · 234 U.S. 385 (1914)
- City of New York v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad · 344 U.S. 293 (1953)
- Robinson v. Hanrahan · 409 U.S. 38 (1972)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Jones v. Flowers · 547 U.S. 220 (2006)
- Nelson v. Colorado · 581 U.S. 128 (2017)
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