Legal Opinion
United States v. Fourteen Thousand Eight Hundred & Seventy-Six Pieces of Puerto Rico Lottery Tickets
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided May 21, 1992No. Civ. 90-2438(JP)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
PIERAS, District Judge.
The Court has before it cross-motions for summary judgment filed by plaintiff the United States of America and intervenor Rufino Vélez. For the reasons set forth below, plaintiff’s motion is hereby GRANTED and intervenor’s motion is hereby DENIED.
I. Background
The facts of this case are not in dispute. On November 11, 1988, Mr. Rufino Vélez Rivera, travelling from St. Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles, arrived at Luis Mu-ñoz Marin International Airport in Carolina, Puerto Rico, carrying approximately 14,876 Puerto Rico lottery tickets. He presented to…
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- Robert Brennan v. Roderick HendriganCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
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