Legal Opinion
United States v. One Dairy Farm, Etc., Appeal of Arnaldo and Eric Ortiz Cameron
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 9, 1990No. 90-1323PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Arnaldo and Eric Ortiz Cameron appeal from an order entered February 16, 1990, in the District of Puerto Rico, Jaime Pieras, Jr., District Judge, dismissing appellants’ claims to property seized by appellee United States pursuant to an in rem civil forfeiture proceeding.
On appeal, appellants assert that forfeiture is too harsh a remedy for the relatively minor transgression of filing a late claim. Accordingly, appellants request that we reverse the district court and allow their claims to proceed on the merits.
For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- United States v. United States Currency in the Amount of $2,857.00Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Beechcraft Queen Airplane Serial Number Ld-24Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- United States v. One 1978 Piper Navajo Pa-31, Aircraft, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Articles of Hazardous SubstanceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by46 opinions
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- United States v. One 1987 BMW 325Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
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