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United States V. Ursery: The Long Arm Of The Law Gets Reattached, Brian C. Max May 1997

United States V. Ursery: The Long Arm Of The Law Gets Reattached, Brian C. Max

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In United States v. Ursery, the United States Supreme Court evaluated the constitutionality of in rem civil forfeitures when they are used with criminal proceedings in relation to a single act. Ursery was a consolidation of two cases, United States v. Ursery and United States v. $405,089.23 United States Currency, from the Sixth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals, respectively.