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I saw the citation of this case and it cracked me up. It is real and apparently fairly common

Posted by spamlet Aug 30 '21, 12:30

UNITED STATES v. $55,518.05 IN U.S. CURRENCY

Used in forfeiture cases but I'm just imaging the currency defending itself (www.leagle.com)

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Legal fees would be 60-70,000 -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 13:38
Civil forfeiture is the devil -- nm - Tenetennbaron Aug 30, 12:37
8-) so does this means there's case records where the involved parties list say a boat? or an address? -- nm - JD Aug 30, 12:34 1
- Pretty sure I’ve seen US vs. 50,000 pounds of beef or something along this lines. -- nm - znufrii Aug 30, 13:12
"Your honor, this doesn't make any cents." -- nm - Max Aug 30, 12:32 2
- I would like to enter into the record that I had nothing to do with this post -- nm - JD Aug 30, 12:34 1
  - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 12:45

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