Cases

OPINION by Judge McGINLEY. Cristian Maracine (Maracine) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County (trial court) granting the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s (Commonwealth) petition for forfeiture of property in the form of $11,600 in currency, pursuant to Sections 6801-02 of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 6801-02, com*162monl

In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________ No. 02-18-00165-CV ___________________________ $60,427.11 U.S. CURRENCY, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS On Appeal from the 78th District Court Wichita County, Texas Trial Court No. 166,034-B Before Kerr, Pittman, and Womack, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Justice Womack M

23-6559-cr(L) United States v. Sullivan, Bilda, Rankin UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT ___________________________________ August Term, 2023 Argued: May 13, 2024 Decided: September 6, 2024 Docket Nos. 23-6559, 23-6608, 23-6609, 23-7875, 23-7882, 23-7887, 24-91 ____________

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge. Maurice Collins pled guilty to distributing cocaine and at least 28 grams of •crack cocaine in violation of 21' U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). He was sentenced to 120 months in prison—the statutory minimum in light of a prior felony drug conviction. See § 841(b)(1)(B). On appeal Collins challenges the district court’s decision at sentencing to add to his Sentencing Guidelines calculatio

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER re: FORFEITURE STEPHEN P. FRIOT, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Table of Contents I. Introduction... 881 A. The Criminal Charges.. .882 B. The Trials and Convictions... 883 C. The Moving Papers and Evidentiary Hearing.. .884 II. Authority for Forfeiture... 886 A

Application for Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses Under the EAJA; Antiassignment Act; Prevailing Party; Substantial Justification; Application of VASRD § 4.129 to Service Members Discharged With PTSD; 10 U.S.C. Chapter 61; Adequacy of Supporting Documentation OPINION AND ORDER SWEENEY, Judge Plaintiffs, and the members of the class they r

DRONEY, Circuit Judge: Defendant-Appellant Dewey Taylor appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Arcara, ./.), following a jury trial, convicting him of one count of conspiracy to distribute or possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), and 846,. and seven counts of transaction structur

OPINION O’CONNOR, Justice. This is an appeal from a judgment of forfeiture. The trial court ordered $18,800 in U.S. currency forfeited to the Houston Police Department (70%), Harris County District Attorney’s Office (Harris County Treasurer’s Fund No. 5922, 27%), and Harris County Treasury Fund no. 5940 (three percent).1 The trial court also ordered the Nissan 240SX for

MEMORANDUM PADOVA, District Judge. On March 14, 2012, Defendants Jaquel Crews and Mark Miller were convicted by a jury of one count of conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and 50 grams or more of cocaine base (“crack”) between 1986 and November 17, 2007, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (Count Five) (the “drug trafficking conspiracy”). Crews was also convicted of ten counts of

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER JOSEPH F. BIANCO, District Judge: On March 7, 2011, defendant Kamal Abdallah (hereinafter “Abdallah” or “defendant”) was convicted following a jury trial of one count of conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1348 and 1349, one count of securities fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1348, and one count of wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1343. On July 1, 2011, de

OPINION 1 HEWITT, Chief Judge. This is an action for just compensation filed by owners of property along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. Plaintiffs’ properties are located along an area of the shoreline that erodes naturally, but allege that the government’s construction and maintenance of a pair of jetties effected a taking by speeding the erosion of

454 F.Supp. 376 (1978) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. ELEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DOLLARS ($11,580) IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, Defendant. No. 76-384 Civ. T-K. United States District Court, M. D. Florida, Tampa Division. July 14, 1978. *377 Anthony J. LaSpada, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff.

(2008) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Roger WALDNER, Defendant. No. 06-CR-1019-LRR. United States District Court, N.D. Iowa, Eastern Division. July 7, 2008. SENTENCING MEMORANDUM LINDA R. READE, Chief Judge. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ...................................

498 F.3d 1160 (2007) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Travis L. WILKEN, Defendant-Appellant. No. 06-4042. United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. August 21, 2007. *1161 *1162 *1163 Submitted on the briefs:[*] Sharon

Corrected In the United States Court of Federal Claims Sub-Master Docket No. 17-9001L (Filed: October 28, 2022) ********************************** ) Taking via government-induced flooding IN RE UPSTREAM ADDICKS AND ) of private property; post-trial decision on BARKER (TEXAS) FLOOD- ) just compensation for six b

In the United States Court of Federal Claims Sub-Master Docket No. 17-9001L (Filed: October 28, 2022) ********************************** ) Taking via government-induced flooding IN RE UPSTREAM ADDICKS AND ) of private property; post-trial decision on BARKER (TEXAS) FLOOD- ) just compensation for six bellwether CONTROL RESERVOIRS

691 F.Supp.2d 932 (2010) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND NINETY-SEVEN CENTS ($256,235.97) In Proceeds from Universal Life Insurance Policy # 62826776 Issued by New York Life Insurance and Five Hundred Five Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Six Dollars and Sixty-Seven Cents ($505,-356.67) In Proceeds from Universal Life Insurance Policy #62827946 Issued by New York Life Insuranc

OPINION ALLEGRA, Judge: “When pondering sexy legal issues,” one commentator recently noted, “it is doubtful that tax law crosses the minds of many.”1 Yet, once in a while (alright, a long while), a tax dispute bursts into the mainstream. Take, for example, the legal controversy swirling around the so-called “Son of BOSS” transactions — the quoted phrase being short fo

OPINION1 KEVIN J. CAREY, UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE Before the Court is an adversary complaint in which the United States of1 America, on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service (the “Government” or “IRS”), asks this Court to recharacterize or equitably subordinate certain secured notes issued in 1996 as part of a chapter 11 reorganization plan. The sec

OPINION HORN, Judge. FINDINGS OF FACT The court issued an earlier opinion in En-glewood Terrace Limited Partnership (En-glewood), finding that defendant had breach*120ed the 2000 Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract. See Englewood Terrace Ltd. P’ship v. United States, 79 Fed.Cl. 516 (2007) (Englewood II).