William Keith Litzenberger v. United States

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• holding that failure to timely contest an administrative forfeiture waived the opportunity to assert an Eighth Amendment claim in a judicial forum
• failure to pursue judicial challenge to forfeiture constitutes waiver of Eighth Amendment excessive fine claim under the Little Tucker Act
• failure to pursue judicial challenge to 23 forfeiture constitutes waiver of Eighth Amendment excessive fine claim under the Little Tucker A c t
• “The Eighth Amendment prohibition against excessive fines is [an] example of available substantive arguments” for why property should not have been forfeited

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