MELENDEZ v. SHULTZ

Civ. A. No. 72-3230-F.

356 F.Supp. 1205 (1973)

Rigoberto MELENDEZ, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. George P. SHULTZ, as he is Secretary of the Treasury, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

March 30, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn Zarr, Boston, Mass., Peter K. Speert, Boston Legal Assistance Project, Dorchester, Mass., for plaintiff.

William A. Brown, Asst. U. S. Atty., for defendant.

Before CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, and MURRAY and FREEDMAN, District Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

On August 4, 1972, four days after plaintiff's Ford automobile was impounded by the Boston Police for failure to pay parking tickets, it was seized from police storage by an agent of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on behalf of the United States under authority of 49 U.S.C. § 782.1 The vehicle was one from which on July 19, 1972, the plaintiff...

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