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U.S. v. FORTY-SEVEN THOUS. NINE HUN. EIGHTY DOLLARS

CA No. 81-3415.

726 F.2d 532 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORTY-SEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS ($47,980.00) IN CANADIAN CURRENCY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Originally Decided October 6, 1982.

Decided February 22, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Smith, Joel M. Gershowitz, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Scott W. Reed, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, for defendant-appellee.

Before FARRIS and CANBY, Circuit Judges, and CURTIS, District Judge.

CANBY, Circuit Judge:

Our previous decision in this civil forfeiture action is reported at 689 F.2d 858 (9th Cir.1982), where the facts are fully set forth. There we affirmed a summary judgment against the government. We held that excessive delay by the government in instituting judicial forfeiture proceedings violated due process. In so holding, we relied substantially, as had the district...

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