Thomas Taylor v. United States

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Thomas Taylor appeals from the district court’s judgment which denied him an informer’s fee of twenty-five percent of the street value of hashish seized by federal officers pursuant to a tip provided by Taylor. Taylor claims such a fee pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1619 (1970), as made applicable by 21 U.S.C. §§ 881(d) and (f) and 965 (1970). We affirm, but remand for further proceedings since, as we view the law, Taylor may be entitled to an informer’s fee computed on a different basis.

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Taylor, a merchant seaman aboard a vessel bound for the United States from Amsterdam,…