Editing Memphis, Texas (section)

===2013 Civil rights case===

In September 2013, a federal suit was filed by Laura Dutton, alleging that the cities of Estelline and Memphis, former Officer Jayson Fry and Memphis Police Chief Chris Jolly violated her Fourth Amendment rights against illegal search and seizure when she was arrested November 28, 2012, in Estelline on a felony money-laundering charge, seizing more than $29,000 from her pickup and illegally keeping $1,400 of her cash. The city of Estelline maintained no written records of past searches or seizures, yet traffic fines and forfeitures made up more than 89% of its gross revenues in fiscal year 2012. The cities and the officers denied her claims, but in July 2014, the city of Estelline and Hall County authorities settled with Dutton for $77,500.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amarillo.com/article/20140721/NEWS/307219740|title=Estelline 'speed trap' settles missing cash suit|website=Amarillo Globe-News|access-date=February 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.motorists.org/blog/worst-speed-trap-city/|title='Worst Speed Trap City' Lives up to Reputation|date=August 7, 2014|website=National Motorists Association|access-date=February 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.forfeiturereform.com/texas_town_settles_suit_with_cash_seizure_victim_after_revealing_that_89_of_its_revenues_came_from_fines_and_forfeitures|title=Texas town settles suit with cash seizure victim after revealing that 89% of its revenues came from fines and forfeitures. - Americans for Forfeiture Reform|date=March 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328173933/http://www.forfeiturereform.com/texas_town_settles_suit_with_cash_seizure_victim_after_revealing_that_89_of_its_revenues_came_from_fines_and_forfeitures|access-date=April 3, 2021|archive-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2014/09/06/stop-and-seize/?hpid=z1%2F |title=Aggressive police take hundreds of millions of dollars from motorists not charged with crimes &#124; the Washington Post |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-date=September 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929114859/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2014/09/06/stop-and-seize/?hpid=z1%2F |url-status=dead }}</ref>