Legal Opinion
United States v. $80,760.00 in U.S. Currency
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided December 16, 1991No. Civ. A. 4-91-228-KPublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
BELEW, District Judge.
This court ... is not empowered to suspend constitutional guarantees so that the government may more effectively wage a “war on drugs.” If that war is to be fought, those who fight it must respect the rights of individuals, whether or not those individuals are suspected of having committed a crime. By the same token, this Court is not empowered to forbid law enforcement practices simply because it considers them distasteful. Florida v. Bostick [— U.S. —], 111 S.Ct. 2382, 2389, 115 L.Ed.2d 389, 401 (1991).
Once again, the dilemma created by the…
2Cases cited116 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Florida v. BostickSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- United States v. JacobsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by54 opinions
- United States v. $191,910.00 in U.S. Currency, Bruce R. Morgan, Claimant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
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- United States v. Fifty-Three Thousand Eighty-Two Dollars in United States Currency, $53,082.00, Gregory Brunson Willie W. Dixon, Claimants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
- United States v. $5,000 in U.S. Currency and $9,750 in U.S. Currency, Robert Walker and Thomas Harris, Parties in Interest-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
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