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UNITED STATES v. $73,277, UNITED STATES CURRENCY

No. 82-2536.

710 F.2d 283 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SEVENTY-THREE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN DOLLARS, UNITED STATES CURRENCY, Defendant, Appeal of Joseph STECKEL, Claimant-Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 31, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Ewers, Eisenberg, Giesen, Ewers & Hayes, S.C., Madison, Wis., for claimant, intervenor.

Canella E. Henrichs, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dan K. Webb, U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PELL, POSNER and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns the legitimacy of a search and seizure conducted by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. This is an action brought by the government for forfeiture of $73,277.00 in currency found in the possession of one Joseph Steckel. The district court, after finding no violation of the claimant's Fourth Amendment rights, concluded that the intended use of the seized money was...

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