Legal Opinion

United States v. One Ford Coupe Automobile

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 22, 1926No. 115PublishedCited by 298 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brandeis

Court.

This is a proceeding, commenced in the federal court for Northern Alabama, under Revised Statutes of the United States, § 3450, to forfeit an automobile “said to belong to Garth Motor Company,” on the ground that it was being used with intent to defraud the United States of the tax on distilled spirits found therein by depositing and concealing the liquor.1 The libel, which was filed in September, 1923, recites that it is “a case of seizure on land under the internal revenue laws of the United States.” The company intervened as claimant and moved to quash the libel. It also filed a…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. J. W. Goldsmith, Jr.-Grant Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  3. Lipke v. LedererSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  4. United States v. YuginovichSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  5. United States v. StafoffSupreme Court of the United States · 1923

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3Cited by298 opinions

  1. Calero-Toledo v. Pearson Yacht Leasing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. United States v. United States Coin & CurrencySupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. United States v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  5. United States v. La FrancaSupreme Court of the United States · 1931

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