Spagnuolo v. Bonnet

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• a forfeiture proceeding is directed against the thing itself
• Judgment of forfeiture, when entered, related back to time of commission of violation; title of county was absolute at such time and superior to federal government's lien of taxes due from possessor, which lien had attached after seizure but before entry of judgment of forfeiture.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).