Legal Opinion
United States v. United States Currency Amounting to the Sum of Five Thousand, Three Hundred & Ninety-Three Dollars ($5,393.00)
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided April 10, 1984No. 82 CV 1954 (ERN)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NEAHER, District Judge.
This forfeiture action arises as a by-product of the narcotics smuggling conspiracy treated in United States v. Feld, 514 F.Supp. 283 (E.D.N.Y.1981), and United States v. Muench, 694 F.2d 28 (2d Cir. 1982). The facts are not in dispute. One of the principal defendants in that crime, Michelle Lewis, is the claimant at bar. On November 10, 1980, she was arrested at Kennedy Airport in New York while en route from Bolivia to West Germany. At that time, she completed a customs declaration, stating that she did not possess currency in excess of $5,000. A…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Calero-Toledo v. Pearson Yacht Leasing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- One Lot Emerald Cut Stones and One Ring v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Ivers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Zeev DichneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- United States v. One 1975 Pontiac Lemans, Vehicle I.D. No. 2f37m56101227, Appeal of Irma ZulloCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by9 opinions
- United States v. $359,500 in United States Currency, Benedetto Romano, Claimant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- United States v. One (1) Lot of Twenty-Four Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars ($24,900.00) in U.S. Currency, Robert Chemaly, Claimant-Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- United States v. United States Currency in the Amount of One Hundred Forty-Five Thousand, One Hundred Thirty-Nine DollarsDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1992
- United States v. $359,500 in United States CurrencyDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1986
- United States v. One Hundred Twenty-two Thousand Forty-three Dollars ($122,043.00) In United States CurrencyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
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