Legal Opinion
United States v. $191,910.00 in U.S. Currency, Bruce R. Morgan, Claimant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 18, 1994No. 92-15583PublishedCited by 258 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
This case involves the federal government’s increasingly widespread use of civil forfeitures to achieve the goals of criminal law enforcement in what used to be called the “war on drugs.” 1 The government sought to forfeit $191,910.00 seized from claimant-appellee Bruce R. Morgan. The district court granted Morgan’s motion for summary judgment on the ground that the government failed to establish probable cause for the institution of forfeiture proceedings, and the government appealed. We affirm.
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Morgan’s encounter with the law began on March 14, 1990, in the San…
2Cases cited83 opinions
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3Cited by258 opinions
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