Bennis v. Michigan

Bennis v. Michigan
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 29, 1995 Decided March 4, 1996
Full case name	Tina B. Bennis v. Michigan
Citations	516 U.S. 442 (more) 116 S. Ct. 994; 134 L. Ed. 2d 68
Case history
Prior	Mich ex rel. Prosecutor v. Bennis, 447 Mich. 719, 527 N.W.2d 483 (1994)
Holding
The forfeiture order did not offend the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment or the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
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	Rehnquist, joined by O'Connor, Scalia, Thomas, Ginsburg
Concurrence	Thomas
Concurrence	Ginsburg
Dissent	Stevens, joined by Souter, Breyer
Dissent	Kennedy

Bennis v. Michigan, 516 U.S. 442 (1996), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that the innocent owner defense is not constitutionally mandated by Fourteenth Amendment Due Process in cases of civil forfeiture.