What is the case law on exclusionary rule when it comes to forfeiture of a car?
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. $2,500 in U.S. Currency, 689 F.2d 10 (2nd Cir. 1982):
Some limited support for appellant's argument also comes from Justice Goldberg's opinion in One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v. Pennsylvania, 380 U.S. 693, 85 S.Ct. 1246, 14 L.Ed.2d 170 (1965). The question at issue was the applicability of the exclusionary rule to a proceeding to forfeit a car used in the commission of a violation of the Pennsylvania liquor laws. The opinion pointed out that the criminal offenses carried lighter sanctions than the forfeiture of the automobile and reasoned from this fact that:
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