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· 6/6/1927

Pacific Guano & Fertilizer Co. v. United States

Citations

  • 15 Ct. Cust. 218
  • 1927 WL 29554
  • 1927 CCPA LEXIS 101

How courts have described this case

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

  • applying a multi-factor “instrumentality” test to determine if property is subject to proportionality review
  • claimant’s farm was “important” to marijuana cultivation based on evidence that farm was chosen for its seclusion; i.e., “long private road leading up to property,” lack of visibility from public road, security camera installed at farm gate
  • adopting Justice Sealia’s approach and rejecting any proportionality analysis

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Barber, Bland, Graham, Hatfield, Smith

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