Legal Opinion
United States v. 141st Street Corp. ex rel. Hersh
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 17, 1990No. 1195, Docket 89-6268PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents several questions, both constitutional and statutory, that arise from the forfeiture of an apartment building used to facilitate narcotics distribution. The government seized the building in question after obtaining a warrant through an ex parte application to a magistrate, and then instituted this civil forfeiture action under 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(7).1 The forfeiture action was tried in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York before Conboy, J., and a jury. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the government, and the…
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