TAYLOR v. UNITED STATES

No. 76-1235.

550 F.2d 983 (1977)

Thomas TAYLOR, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calvin W. Breit, Norfolk, Va. (Breit, Rutter & Montagna, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Michael Anton Lubin, Atty., U. S. Customs Service, Dept. of the Treasury, Washington, D. C. (Ronald A. Margolis, Atty., U. S. Customs Service, Dept. of the Treasury, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and WINTER and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Thomas Taylor appeals from the district court's judgment which denied him an informer's fee of twenty-five percent of the street value of hashish seized by federal officers pursuant to a tip provided by Taylor. Taylor claims such a fee pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1619 (1970), as made applicable by 21 U.S.C. §§ 881(d) and (f) and 965 (1970). We affirm, but remand for further proceedings since, as we view the law, Taylor may be entitled...

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