Legal Opinion
AmeriSource Corp. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 1, 2008No. 2007-5121PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YOUNG, District Judge.
This case requires us to determine whether the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause applies when the government seizes an innocent third party’s property for use in a criminal prosecution but never introduces the property in evidence, and it is rendered worthless over the course of the proceedings. We affirm the Court of Federal Claims’ grant of summary judgment for the government on the ground that no compensable taking has occurred.
I. BACKGROUND
In early August 2000, AmeriSource Corporation (“AmeriSource”), a wholesale pharmaceutical distributor, contracted with Norfolk…
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