Forum
U.S. Supreme Court
Case Status
Decided
Docket Number
Term
2018 Term
Oral Argument Date
November 28, 2018
Lower Court Opinion
Questions Presented
Whether the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause is incorporated against the States under the Fourteenth Amendment.
Case Updates
U.S. Supreme Court holds that Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause applies to the States. The decision means that state civil forfeiture laws and other civil penalties will be subject to federal constitutional scrutiny under the Eighth Amendment.
February 20, 2019
Click here to view the opinion. The Chamber filed an amicus brief in support of this outcome.
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief arguing the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause applies to the States
September 12, 2018
Click here to view the Chamber’s brief.
Bert W. Rein, Carol A. Laham, and Andrew G. Woodson of Wiley Rein LLP served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.
Cert. petition granted
June 18, 2018
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to grant review to decide whether the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause applies to the States
March 05, 2018
Click here to view the Chamber’s amicus brief.
Bert W. Rein, Carol A. Laham, and Andrew G. Woodson of Wiley Rein LLP served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.
Case Documents
- Opinion -- Indiana v. Timbs (Indiana Supreme Court).pdf
- Cert. Petition -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Appendix -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Constitutional Accountability Center Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Southern Poverty Law Center and Cato Institute Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Professors Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Brief in Opposition -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Reply Brief for Petitioners -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Brief for Petitioners -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Judicial Watch, Inc., et al. Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Institute for Free Speech Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Eighth Amendment Scholars Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- American Civil Liberties Union, et. al Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Rutherford Institute Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Constitutional Accountability Center Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Pacific Legal Foundation Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Foundation for Moral Law Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Indiana Criminal Defense Lawyers Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Juvenile Law Center, et. al Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Scholars Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Drug Policy Alliance, et. al Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief (merits) -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Cause of Action Institute Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- DKT Liberty Project, et. al Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- American Bar Association Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- American Civil Rights Union Amicus Brief -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Transcript of Oral Argument -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Opinion -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court) .pdf
- Opinion -- Timbs v. Indiana (U.S. Supreme Court) .pdf