Legal Opinion
EA Shipping Co. v. Bazemore
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 16, 1980No. Nos. 78-1252, 78-1256PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from a judgment of forfeiture of the M/V EA after a bench trial in the district court. The judge below concluded that there was probable cause for seizure of the vessel, that it was not a common carrier, and that if it was a common carrier, the government established that the master was a consenting party or privy to the illegal importation of cocaine because he had actual knowledge of its presence aboard the ship. United States v. One (1) Liberian Refrigerator Vessel, 447 F.Supp. 1053 (M.D.Fla.1977). After reviewing the record we are unable to say that the lower court was…
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- Nos. 78-1252, 78-1256Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980