Legal Opinion
United States v. One Assortment of 25 Firearms
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided January 2, 1980No. CIV-2-78-60PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND OPINION
NEESE, District Judge.
The Court is presented with an ostensible “stipulation of dismissal” of this proceeding and an agreed “order” of disposition of the defendant firearms. Such “stipulation” and “order” were signed by counsel for the plaintiff and counsel (who designated himself thereon as “Attorney for Defendant”) for the claimant Mr. Robert E. Sheffield.
This is a proceeding by the national sovereign for the condemnation and enforcement of the forfeiture of 25 certain firearms seized within this district for the violation of a federal statute. 26 U.S.C. § 7323(a).1 It…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Various Items of Personal Property v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- The Confiscation CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Stone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Danny Kresky Enterprises Corp. v. MagidCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- Kresky Enterprises Corporation v. MagidCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983