Legal Opinion
Mr. Lucky Messenger Service, Inc. v. United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 13, 1978No. 78-1409PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to define the limits of the Government’s power to seize and withhold a person’s property pursuant to a criminal investigation within a reasonable period of time without thereafter justifying the seizure either with an indictment or in some other appropriate manner. On April 22, 1977, FBI agents entered the premises of the plaintiff, Mr. Lucky Messenger Service, pursuant to a search warrant issued in aid of a grand jury investigation that had begun on March 4, 1977. The agents seized $65,000 in United States currency, among other things. Subsequent…
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