Legal Opinion
Melendez v. Shultz
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 30, 1973No. Civ. A. 72-3230-FPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
On August 4, 1972, four days after plaintiff’s Ford automobile was impounded by the Boston Police for failure to pay parking tickets, it was seized from police storage by an agent of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on behalf of the United States under authority of 49 U.S.C. § 782. 1 The vehicle was one from which on July 19, 1972, the plaintiff and an associate had been seen by police officers to alight, the associate bearing a “Molotov cocktail” which the two thereafter used in an unsuccessful attempt to ignite a police cruiser. The plaintiff, his…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by15 opinions
- United States v. Robert C. McCormickCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. One (1) 1971 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Serial 4a25791h1, Its Tools and Appurtenances, Michael Ohlmann, Claimant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. One 1975 Pontiac Lemans, Vehicle I.D. No. 2f37m56101227, Appeal of Irma ZulloCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Dale Paul Glup v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. One 1972 Chevrolet Nova, Vehicle I. D. No. 1x27d2w125901Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
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