Legal Opinion
United States v. Real Property in Section 9, Town 29 North
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 1, 2001No. 98-2261PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from summary judgment for the government in a civil forfeiture action of real property under 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6) and (a)(7) relating to illegal drug activity. Because we find that intervening federal legislation, which raised the government’s burden of proof to prove forfeiture of the property, may affect the outcome of this case and that the new legislation is applicable to this case, we remand to the district court for further proceedings.
The government brought a civil forfeiture action against property in the possession of claimants, Daniel…
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