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· 3/5/2003

United States v. One \Piper\ Aztec \F\ De Luxe Model 250 PA 23 Aircraft Bearing Serial No. 27-7654057

Citations

  • 321 F.3d 355
  • 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 3909
  • 2003 WL 751584

How courts have described this case

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

  • “[T]he commencement of a forfeiture proceeding can mean only the point when the government first files a complaint for forfeiture in rem.”
  • “[o]ur task is to give effect to the will of Congress, and where its will has been expressed in reasonably plain terms, the language must ordinarily be regarded as conclusive”

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Judges: Scirica, Alito, Rendell

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