U. S. v. 1978 CADILLAC EL DORADO 2-DOOR COUPE, ETC.

No. C-79-0254.

489 F.Supp. 532 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. 1978 CADILLAC EL DORADO 2-DOOR COUPE, RED IN COLOR WITH WHITE VINYL TOP, MOTOR NO. 6L4758Q134633, UTAH LICENSE NO. VHK388, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Utah, C. D.

March 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallace Boyack, Asst. U. S. Atty., Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiff.

John C. Green, III, Cotro-Manes, Warr, Fankhauser & Green, Salt Lake City, Utah, for defendant.


JENKINS, District Judge.

Plaintiff, United States of America, seeks an order of forfeiture against defendant, a 1978 Red Cadillac automobile which it caused to be arrested.

Having received notice of the pending libel, Howard Mathie, the acknowledged owner of the automobile, intervened in the action and laid claim to the automobile and raised issues disputing the right of plaintiff to forfeit the same. Jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1345 is conceded to...

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