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Remanding in a split ruling, the Indiana Supreme Court found that Indiana’s seizure of a man’s car that was only peripherally involved in a drug deal may have been a grossly disproportionate fine, in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

INDIANAPOLIS — Remanding in a split ruling, the Indiana Supreme Court found that Indiana’s seizure of a man’s car that was only peripherally involved in a drug deal may have been a grossly disproportionate fine, in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

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