Legal Opinion
United States v. Eight Thousand Eight Hundred & Fifty Dollars
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 23, 1983No. 81-1062PublishedCited by 523 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
United States Customs officials seized $8,850 in currency from the claimant as she passed through customs at Los Angeles International Airport. The question in this case is whether the Government’s 18-month delay in filing a civil proceeding for forfeiture of the currency violates the claimant’s right to due process of law. We conclude that the four-factor balancing test of Barker v. Wingo, 407 U. S. 514 (1972), provides the relevant framework for determining whether the delay in filing a forfeiture action was reasonable. Applying the Barker test to the circumstances of this case, we find no…
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