The U.S. Supreme Court was in no rush Monday to call for more due process protections in civil asset forfeiture cases, as several justices appeared skeptical that courts must hold quick hearings to let people demand their property back. 

The justices heard arguments in Culley v. Marshall, a case in which two innocent car owners spent more than a year trying to get their vehicles back after they were confiscated by Alabama police.

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