Fines and Penalties : Double Jeopardy

Fines and Penalties

Defendants Begin to Feel Impact of Supreme Court?s Decision in Hudson v. United States
Kathleen A. Ellis of DLA Piper LLP

This article discusses the holding in Hudson v. U.S., 118 S. Ct. 488 (1997), where the Supreme Court disavowed in large part its decision in U.S. v. Halper, 490 U. S. 435 (1989), and eliminated for all practical purposes a double jeopardy challenge to successive civil and criminal sanctions for the same conduct.
Neither Bankruptcy nor The Double Jeopardy Clause Bars the Customs Service from Collecting Civil Penalties
Law Office of Stephen J. Leahy

In a recent case in the United States Court of International Trade (CIT), United States v. DeBellas Enterprises Inc.