Legal Opinion
Langbord v. United States Department of the Treasury
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 28, 2010No. Civil Action 06-CV-05315PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LEGROME D. DAVIS, District Judge.
In July 2009, this Court ordered the United States to initiate forfeiture proceedings against the ten 1933 Double Eagle coins it illegally seized from Plaintiffs Roy, Joan, and David Langbord. The Government seeks to justify the forfeiture on the grounds that the coins were obtained through criminal activity, stolen from the United States Mint more than 70 years ago. It argues that the coins, though they may have left the Government’s possession, were never legally owned by anyone else. The forfeiture proceeding has thus unfolded in an atypical…
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