Legal Opinion
United States v. 2,507 Live Canary Winged Parakeets
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided May 17, 1988No. 86-0334-CIVPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
SPELLMAN, District Judge.
I. Introduction
A. Nature of Action
This civil in rem forfeiture action was tried by the Court without a jury on September 14, 15 and 29, 1987. Through this action, Plaintiff United States of America (hereinafter referred to as “Plaintiff”) seeks to forfeit approximately 2,507 canary-winged parakeets, known by their scientific name of brotogeris versicoloras. Specifically, Plaintiff seeks to forfeit the Defendant parakeets on the ground that they were imported in violation of Peruvian law and consequently, in…
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