Bennis v. Michigan, No. 94-8729 (U.S. Supreme Court) (516 U.S. 442; 116 S.Ct. 134) (March 4, 1996) (Justice Rehnquist)
Here the Court upheld the the seizure of a wife's car that had been used by her husband in an act of prositution, ruling that a State's failure to provide an innocent owner defense was without any constitutional significance.
In this case, Mrs. Bennis claimed that the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due …
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