Legal Opinion
United States v. Certain Real Property Located at 2525 Leroy Lane, West Bloomfield, Michigan, and Leah Liza Marks
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 11, 1990No. 88-2238PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRAHAM, District Judge.
This is an appeal by the Government from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan awarding the entire proceeds from the sale of property seized pursuant to 21 U.S.C. §§ 853 and 881 to the claimant-innocent owner. The issues presented concern the operation of these federal drug forfeiture statutes upon the interests of an innocent spouse in real property held as a tenancy by the entirety under Michigan law.
On February 26, 1987, an indictment was returned in the Eastern District of Michigan against Mitchell Dennis Marks. The…
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