Legal Opinion
ARCA Airlines Ltda. v. United States Customs Service
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided October 10, 1989No. 87-2050-CIV, 88-0430-CIVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SCOTT, District Judge.
These consolidated cases arise from the failure of an international airline to prevent the use of its aircraft to smuggle narcotics into the United States. ARCA Airlines, Ltda. (“ARCA”) contests the assessment of penalties by the United States Customs Service (“Customs”) under 19 U.S.C. § 1584(a)(2). Customs imposed the penalties after discovering cocaine on board two ARCA aircraft flown from Bogota, Colombia to Miami, Florida.
While the setting is familiar, the role of common carriers in the war against drugs is a novel issue. The Court will first…
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