Legal Opinion
United States v. One Assortment of 89 Firearms
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 22, 1984No. 82-1047PublishedCited by 645 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We granted certiorari to decide whether a gun owner’s acquittal on criminal charges involving firearms precludes a subsequent in rem forfeiture proceeding against those same firearms.
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On January 20, 1977, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms seized a cache of firearms from the home of Patrick Mulcahey. Mulcahey was subsequently indicted on charges that he had knowingly engaged in the business of dealing in firearms without a license, in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 922(a)(1). At his criminal trial, Mulcahey admitted that he had no license to deal in firearms and that he had bought…
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