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U.S. v. Bach, No. 98-3403 (7th Cir.) (172 F.3d 520) (April 16, 1999) (Judge Richard A. Posner)

Here the Court held that the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act is not subject to the Ex Post facto Clause, and thus may be applied retroactively, because it is not a penal statute but, functionally, a tort statute.

 

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