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UNITED STATES v. ONE 1969 PLYMOUTH TWO-DOOR HARDTOP, ETC.

Civ. A. No. 3659-N.

360 F.Supp. 488 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. ONE 1969 PLYMOUTH TWO-DOOR HARDTOP, IDENTIFICATION NO. RP 23F9G158234, Defendant.

United States District Court, M. D. Alabama, N. D.

June 18, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira DeMent, U. S. Atty., and Calvin C. Pryor, Asst. U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., for the United States.

Richard H. Gill, Hobbs, Copeland, Franco & Screws, Montgomery, Ala., for the claimant.

ORDER

JOHNSON, Chief Judge.

Upon consideration of the file and briefs in this case, it appears that the United States seeks to tax a successful claimant in an automobile forfeiture case with court costs and the cost of storing the automobile since its seizure in January 1972. The premise upon which the Government's position is based is that there was probable cause for seizing the automobile, and that 28 U.S.C. § 2465 provides that "if it appears there...

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