Legal Opinion
United States v. $67,220.00 in United States Currency, Robert N. Easterly, Jr., Claimant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 28, 1992No. 91-5645PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The government appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the claimant in this civil forfeiture action brought under 21 U.S.C. § 881. The district court found that the government had failed to establish probable cause to believe that the currency seized from the claimant was substantially connected to illegal drugs. We reverse and remand.
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On March 9, 1990, the claimant, Robert Easterly, Jr., drove a borrowed truck to the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport to catch a Delta Airlines flight to Miami, Florida. Easterly, using his American Express card,…
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