U.S. v. Duguay
93 F.3d 346 (7th Cir. 1996) Cited 180 times 3 Legal AnalysesHolding impoundment unconstitutional when another occupant of the vehicle was present at the arrest and could "provide for the speedy and efficient removal of the car from public thoroughfares or parking lots"
U.S. v. Santiago
227 F.3d 902 (7th Cir. 2000) Cited 7 timesNos. 99-3909, 99-3910. Argued June 2, 2000. Decided September 18, 2000. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. No. 96-CR-70 — Thomas J. Curran, Judge. Thomas P. Schneider, Barbara B. Berman (argued), Office of the U.S. Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee. Dennis P. Coffey (argued), Michael A. Dodge, Cook Franke, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellant. Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and EVANS and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge
Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 Cited 23,013 times 16 Legal AnalysesAllowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system
Section 801 - Congressional findings and declarations: controlled substances
21 U.S.C. § 801 Cited 7,363 times 78 Legal AnalysesFinding that to effectively control interstate traffic in illegal drugs it is necessary to control intrastate possession of and traffic in those substances
Section 881 - Forfeitures
21 U.S.C. § 881 Cited 4,962 times 7 Legal AnalysesAdopting five-year statute of limitations of 19 U.S.C. § 1621
Section 983 - General rules for civil forfeiture proceedings
18 U.S.C. § 983 Cited 2,844 times 8 Legal AnalysesNoting that for purposes of the innocent owner defense to civil forfeiture, "no person may assert an ownership interest under this subsection in contraband or other property that it is illegal to possess"