Timbs v. Indiana (2019)

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Tyson Timbs and a 2012 Land Rover LR2 v. State of Indiana was a SCOTUS in the Classroom case. It was decided on February 20, 2019.

Each term Street Law selects the most classroom-relevant, student-friendly cases as our SCOTUS in the Classroom cases. Teachers are encouraged to conduct moot courts the same week the case is argued, giving students the opportunity to follow discussion and analysis in the news and listen to or read a transcript of the actual oral arguments.

Case Issue:

Is the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause incorporated against the states under the 14th Amendment?

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