Legal Opinion
United States v. Tax Lot 1500
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 9, 1988No. 87-4011PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Chief Judge:
The owner of a dwelling house and surrounding land appeals a summary judgment forfeiting his land and improvements because they were used in the production of marijuana. The government brought civil forfeiture proceedings after Jaffee was convicted in state court of “manufacturing” marijuana.
Jaffee challenges the forfeiture on both proportionality and due process grounds. There are a number of disputed questions of fact. The question before us, however, is whether they are “material.” There is no dispute that Jaffee was engaged in the type of horticulture that is…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by44 opinions
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- United States v. ChandlerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
- United States of America, Duvan Arboleda, Individually and as President of Gold & Gems Trading, Claimant-Appellant v. $215,300 United States CurrencyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
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