Legal Opinion
United States v. $22,287.00 in U. S. Currency
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided July 29, 1981No. Civ. 80-10147PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JAMES HARVEY, District Judge.
I. Introduction
The government, as plaintiff, filed this civil action on October 1, 1980 to forfeit the amount of $22,287.00 in U.S. currency pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6). The action is an outgrowth of the criminal case of United States v. Montez, no. 80-20013, wherein the defendant, Jesse Montez, was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute heroin and possession of heroin with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846.
On December 9, 1980, Jerome E. Burns, Attorney, P. C., assignee of defendant Montez, as…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Byars v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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- United States v. Martin F. BurkeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by18 opinions
- United States v. FlemingCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Twenty-Two Thousand, Two Hundred Eighty Seven Dollars ($22,287.00), United States CurrencyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- United States v. Eighty Three Thousand Three Hundred Twenty Dollars ($83,320) in United States Currency and Forty Dollars ($40) in Canadian CurrencyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- In Re App. 48,900 Dollars in US CurrencyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
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