Legal Opinion

United States v. $31,990 in United States Currency

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided January 8, 1993No. 664, Docket 92-6187PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, the United States, appeals from a summary judgment entered in the Northern District of New York, David N. Hurd, Magistrate Judge, dismissing a forfeiture action and ordering return of seized currency to claimant because of the government’s failure to demonstrate probable cause for seizing the currency pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6) (1992).

On appeal, the government challenges the summary judgment, claiming that the evidence, when properly viewed in the light most favorable to the government, demonstrates that the seized currency was substantially connected…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Reid v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Hygh v. JacobsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
  4. Thomas Taggart v. Time IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
  5. United States v. Banco Cafetero Panama, Banco Cafetero Colon, Defendants-In-Rem-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. United States v. $191,910.00 in U.S. Currency, Bruce R. Morgan, Claimant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
  2. United States v. DaccarettCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
  3. Krimstock v. KellyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
  4. Marine Midland Bank, N.A. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
  5. Krimstock v. KellyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002

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