Legal Opinion
In Re Moffitt, Zwerling & Kemler, P.C.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided October 12, 1994No. Misc. 93-0006-APublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
The question presented in the final chapter of this novel criminal forfeiture proceeding is whether the government can use a criminal forfeiture statute, 21 U.S.C. § 853, to reach the proceeds of drug trafficking when those proceeds were used by the drug trafficker to pay legal fees and the law firm spent the fees prior to the entry of the forfeiture order. More particularly, the question may be stated as follows:
Can the government, in such a criminal forfeiture proceeding, require a law firm to pay the government a sum of money equal to a cash legal…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- United States v. TurketteSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Calero-Toledo v. Pearson Yacht Leasing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Astoria Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. SoliminoSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- United States v. LockeSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
33 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by8 opinions
- United States v. Moffitt, Zwerling & Kemler, P.C.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
- In Re Phillips, Beckwith & HallDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1995
- In Re Moffitt, Zwerling & Kemler, P.C.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1995
- United States v. Stephen A. Saccoccia, United States of America v. Stephen A. Saccoccia, United States of America v. Stephen A. SaccocciaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
- United States v. Moffitt, Zwerling & Kemler, P.C.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1995
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.