Nebraska v. One 1970 2-Door Sedan Rambler (Gremlin) | |
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Court | Nebraska Supreme Court |
Full case name | State of Nebraska v. One 1970 2-Door Sedan Rambler (Gremlin) |
Decided | March 14, 1974 |
Citation | 215 N.W.2d 849 (1974) |
Case opinions | |
Decision by | Chief Justice White |
Concurrence | Justice Spencer, Justice Boslaugh and Justice Newton |
Concur/dissent | 4–2 |
Dissent | Justice McCown, Justice Clinton |
Nebraska v. One 1970 2-Door Sedan Rambler (Gremlin) 191 Neb. 462, 215 N.W.2d 849 (1974) is a Nebraska Supreme Court civil forfeiture case. It was brought by the American state of Nebraska to seize a Rambler Gremlin on the sole grounds it was transporting illegal marijuana. The owner appealed against the forfeiture decision on the grounds of a claimed lack of due process. The court ruled 4–2 and sustained the confiscation as lawful.[1][2]
The form of the styling of this case—the appellant and defendant being an object, rather than a legal person—is because this is a jurisdiction in rem (power over objects) case,[A] rather than the more familiar in personam (over persons) case.[2][6][7][8][9]
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