Brief filed: 08/25/2015
Documents
Luis v. United States
United States Supreme Court; Case No. 14-419
Prior Decision
Decision below 564 Fed.Appx. 493 (11th Cir. 2014).
Argument(s)
The government's attempt to restrain untainted assets circumvents an essential limit on the forfeiture power. The government's interest in forfeiture does not outweigh a defendant's right to spend her own money on counsel of choice.
Author(s)
Courtney J. Linn and Robert Loeb, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Sacramento, CA; Sharon Cohen Levin, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY; David B. Smith, Smith & Zimmerman PLLC, Alexandria, VA; Jonathan D. Hacker, Washington, DC.