Acorn v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “smattering” of legislators’ opinions regarding plaintiff’s guilt of fraud was insufficient to demonstrate motivation to punish
• holding that \smattering\ of legislators' opinions regarding plaintiff's guilt of fraud was insufficient to demonstrate motivation to punish
• noting that the burden of proof is on the party arguing that a statute is a bill of attainder
• explaining that specificity is relevant to assessing an 37 alleged punitive purpose but “does not create a presumption of unconstitutionality”
• explaining that specificity is relevant to assessing an alleged punitive purpose but \does not create a presumption of unconstitutionality\
• noting that statements by only a “smattering of legislators” is insufficient to demonstrate punitive intent by the legislature

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).