Legal Opinion
Mercado v. U.S. Customs Service
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 4, 1989No. 244, Docket 88-6137PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:
Manuel Mercado appeals from a summary judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Platt, J.) granting forfeiture of $181,590 pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 5317. The judgment also dismissed Mercado’s action seeking return of the funds and imposed a $1,000 Rule 11 sanction against Mercado’s counsel. We reverse the district court’s imposition of the sanction but affirm the district court’s judgment in all other respects.
On March 1, 1985, as Mercado entered a boarding area at Kennedy Airport for a flight to Athens, Greece, he placed…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- United States v. Banco Cafetero Panama, Banco Cafetero Colon, Defendants-In-Rem-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- United States v. $38,000.00 in United States Currency, David English and Michael William English, Claimants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- United States v. New Silver Palace Restaurant, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1992
- Hammonds v. Osteopathic Hospital Founders Ass'nSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1996
- United States v. Contents of Account Numbers 208-06070 & 208-06068-1-2District Court, S.D. New York · 1994
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