Legal Opinion
United States v. $5,000 in U.S. Currency and $9,750 in U.S. Currency, Robert Walker and Thomas Harris, Parties in Interest-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 23, 1994No. 93-3851PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J., joined by Jordan, District Judge,
SUHRHEINRICH, J., concurred in the result only.
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
In this civil forfeiture action brought under 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6), claimants Robert Walker and Thomas Harris appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States. For the following reasons, we reverse.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. $191,910.00 in U.S. Currency, Bruce R. Morgan, Claimant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Robert Joseph Carr, Jr., in No. 93-1376. United States of America v. Walter Orlando Cardona-Usquiano, in No. 93-1383Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- United States v. $67,220.00 in United States Currency, Robert N. Easterly, Jr., Claimant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Six Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Five Hundred and Fifty-Eight Dollars ($639,558) in United States CurrencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by80 opinions
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