Legal Opinion
United States v. Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) U.S. Currency
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 22, 1985No. 84-1062PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.
This civil forfeiture action involves $50,-000 in currency paid by Glenn Lasuita to federal undercover agents for the purchase of a large amount of marijuana.
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On May 5, 1982 the Government filed a civil complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan for forfeiture of the currency. The complaint alleged that the defendant currency was used in an illegal sale or exchange for *104a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6).1
On June 14, 1982 Lasuita filed a claim of title to the $50,000 in currency. He also filed an…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Helvering v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- United States v. One Assortment of 89 FirearmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- One Lot Emerald Cut Stones and One Ring v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Coffey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- United States v. Eighty Three Thousand Three Hundred Twenty Dollars ($83,320) in United States Currency and Forty Dollars ($40) in Canadian CurrencyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by23 opinions
- United States v. United States Currency in the Amount of $228,536.00, Appeal of Edward A. Parker, Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Lots 12, 13, 14, & 15, Keeton Heights SubdivisionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Real Property Known and Numbered as 429 South Main Street, New Lexington, Ohio, William G. Swallow, Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
- United States v. 37.29 Pounds of Semi-Precious StonesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Real PropertyDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1993
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