Legal Opinion
United States v. $23,530 in United States Currency
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided January 25, 1985No. Civ. No. Y-83-4060PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
JOSEPH H. YOUNG, District Judge.
This action concerns the forfeiture of $23,530 in cash seized from the claimant, Mack Wilson, during a drug transaction in the men’s room of a Holiday Inn. The government contends that Wilson intended to use the money for the purchase of drugs in that transaction, and that therefore the money is subject to forfeiture under 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6). That section provides for the forfeiture of “all money, negotiable instruments, securities, or other things of value furnished or intended to be furnished by any person in exchange for a controlled substance.”…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. Three Hundred Sixty Four Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty Dollars ($364,960.00) in United States CurrencyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Ivers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Twenty-Two Thousand, Two Hundred Eighty Seven Dollars ($22,287.00), United States CurrencyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- Brazzell v. AdamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Prosise v. HaringCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by2 opinions
- United States v. Miscellaneous JewelryDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1987
- United States v. Lot 9, Block 1, Village East Unit 4District Court, D. Colorado · 1989