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Circuit Split Over Joint and Several Liability for Forfeiture In White-Collar Crimes

Ever since the Honeycutt ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2017 that co-conspirators convicted of federal narcotics violations could not be held jointly and severally liable, courts have grappled with whether it also applied outside the narcotics context, to forfeiture judgments imposed in white-collar cases.

10 minute read February 01, 2023 at 12:05 AM
By
Evan T. Barr
Circuit Split Over Joint and Several Liability for Forfeiture In White-Collar Crimes

In Honeycutt v. United States, 137 S. Ct. 1626 (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that co-conspirators convicted of federal narcotics violations could not be held jointly and severally liable for any criminal forfeiture judgment ordered in the case.

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