Legal Opinion
United States v. $359,500 in United States Currency, Benedetto Romano, Claimant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 8, 1987No. 827, Docket 86-6237PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:
The United States appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, John T. Curtin, Chief Judge, which denied the government’s petition seeking civil forfeiture of $359,500 in United States currency under 31 U.S.C. § 5317, and ordered that the currency be returned to the claimant, Benedetto Romano. The currency had been seized from Romano by United States customs officials because he had failed to report it before he departed from the United States.
Judge Curtin held that forfeiture was not authorized in this case…
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