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· 8/10/1944

Arkless v. Kilstein

Citations

  • 61 F. Supp. 886
  • 1944 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1534

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that forfeiture proceeding required a probable cause hearing within 72 hours because “deprivation to the individual is often serious, involving as it does possible stranding without transportation”
  • “some kind of hearing on probable cause for the detention” of a vehicle seized by U.S. customs officials “should be provided within 72 hours”
  • that $250 bond required to obtain review of forfeiture decision was not waivable was “an additional ground for finding a lack of due process”
  • “There is an extremely important government interest in policing the passage of persons and articles into the country across its borders.”
  • “There is an extremely important government interest in policing the passage of persons and articles into the country across its borders.”
  • reversed on other grounds, 420 U.S. 139, 95 S.Ct. 853, 43 L.Ed.2d 85 (1975)

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Judges: Ganey

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