Legal Opinion
United States v. $11,500.00 in United States Currency
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 20, 2013No. 11-35923PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CLIFTON, Circuit Judge:
Civil forfeiture actions brought by the government require compliance with certain rules by both the government and by any claimant. In this case, the government and the only claimant each violated one of the rules. This appeal requires us to consider the appropriate consequences.
The government sought to forfeit two bundles of currency in the amounts of $11,500 and $2,971. Only one contrary claim was filed regarding both sets of currency. The district court concluded that the claimant failed to comply with Supplemental Admiralty and Maritime Claims Rule…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Eminence Capital, Llc, and Jay Spechler v. Aspeon, Inc. Richard P. StackCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Walter Bateman v. United States Postal Service William J. Henderson, 1 Postmaster General, and Aaron Johnson Ben Fukumitsu David Burns Jose MallariCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- United States v. $191,910.00 in U.S. Currency, Bruce R. Morgan, Claimant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Karen L. Edwards v. Occidental Chemical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. $133,420.00 in United States CurrencyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
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3Cited by42 opinions
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- Alejandro Villa-Anguiano v. Eric H. Holder Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013
- United States v. $154,853.00 in U.S. CurrencyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2014
- Tony Martinez v. Columbia Sportswear USA Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
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