United States v. One Lot of U.S. Currency ($36,634)

How courts have described this case

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• stating that probable cause for forfeiture means “reasonable grounds” for believing that the currency is connected to illegal drug activity
• stating that probable cause for forfeiture means \reasonable grounds\ for believing that the currency is connected to illegal drug activity
• stating that probable cause for forfeiture means \reasonable grounds\ for believing that the currency is connected to illegal drug activity
• holding under the totality of the circumstances,, carrying large amounts of cash sufficient to establish probable cause for forfeiture of cash, but rejecting theory that carrying large amounts of cash is per se evidence of illegal activity
• finding that probable cause was bolstered by claimant’s nonsensical explanation that he was going to Las Vegas to gamble and buy a pizza store, as his ticket only provided a brief layover there in the middle of the night
• listing claimant’s association with accused drug traffickers, and unexplained, out-of-the-way stop at their place of business, in probable cause analysis

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).