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· 6/21/1991

Laura Saukstelis v. City of Chicago

Citations

  • 932 F.2d 1171
  • 1991 WL 78360

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that residual form of substantive due process may be a misnomer for rights expressly established by Constitution
  • describing an earlier iteration of the City's ordinances as a \form of pre-trial attachment\
  • “Courts bend over backward to explain why even the strangest rules are not that far gone.”
  • “Courts bend over backward to explain why even the strangest rules are not that far gone.”
  • “cascade of notices” mailed to the registered owner of the car at the address in the state’s files, “is quite sufficient under the due process clause”
  • “The interest at stake is a $90 fine for a traffic infraction, and the Supreme Court has never held that a property interest so modest is a fundamental right.”

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Judges: Bauer, Cudahy, Easterbrook

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