United States v. Bajakajian
Case Date: 07/16/1998
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United States v. Bajakajian
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 4, 1997
Decided June 22, 1998
Full case name
United States v. Hosep Krikor Bajakajian
Citations
524 U.S. 321 (more)
118 S. Ct. 2028; 141 L. Ed. 2d 314; 1998 U.S. LEXIS 4172; 66 U.S.L.W. 4514; 98 Cal. Daily Op. Service 4757; 98 Daily Journal DAR 6736; 1998 Colo. J. C.A.R. 3239; 11 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 662
Prior history
Forfeiture order affirmed, 84 F.3d 334 (9th Cir. 1996); cert. granted, 520 U.S. 1239 (1997)
Holding
Forfeiture of $357,144 for violation of 31 U.S.C. § 5316, requiring reporting of all international movements of currency with value over $10,000, violates the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines clause.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
Majority
Thomas, joined by Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer
Dissent
Kennedy, joined by Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia
Laws applied
U.S. Const. Amend. VIII; 18 U.S.C. § 982(a)(1);
31 U.S.C. §§ 5316(a)(1)(A), 5322(a)
United States v. Bajakajian, 524 U.S. 321 (1998), is a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the Excessive Fines clause of the Eighth Amendment. This case is the only occasion on which the Supreme Court has held that an imposed fine was unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment.
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