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· 8/25/2003

In Re Seizure of Approximately 28 Grams of Marijuana

Citations

  • 278 F. Supp. 2d 1097
  • 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14853
  • 2003 WL 22023451

How courts have described this case

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

  • “The lesson of Penn General is clearly that federal courts may not interfere with state court in rem 27 jurisdiction by forcibly taking possession of the res.”
  • \Federal courts cannot bypass state laws giving seized property into the exclusive control of state courts by 'trumping' the state court's jurisdiction-such is precisely the unseemly conflict between judicial systems that Penn General sought to avoid.\

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Judges: Patel

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