UNITED STATES v. THE M. V. ATLANTIC REEFER

No. 15333.

221 F.2d 940 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America v. THE M. V. ATLANTIC REEFER and John Doe.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 4, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Guilmartin, U. S. Atty., E. David Rosen and Anthony S. Battaglia, Asst. U. S. Attys., Miami, Fla., Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., for the S. Dist. of Cal., Los Angeles, Cal., Louis L. Abbott, Harry D. Steward, Los Angeles, Cal., Howard R. Harris, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Richard H. Hunt, Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE and CAMERON, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the district judge quashing a search warrant issued by a United States Commissioner to seize property already in the custody of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in a proceeding in rem Maritime Case No. 1211-M-Admiralty, and ordering the seized property returned to the custody of the marshal from whom it was taken.

In support of its appeal, the United States is here...

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