Court Opinion

ID: 9442486
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 18:49:36.668922+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:29:06.757945
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McCORD, Circuit Judge
(specially concurring) .
I adhere in this case to the true rule which should govern these forfeiture cases, as already laid down by this court in the case of One Plymouth Automobile v. United States, 5 Cir., 165 F.2d 186, 188. I do not agree with the interpretation placed upon our views in the Moreno case,1 as set forth in the majority opinion.
*653I am of opinion that the Moreno case is readily distinguishable from this case under its own facts, and that it is in no wise controlling here. In that case, although forfeiture of the automobile together with the tire mounted thereon was held to be justified, I felt that the Government had no right under the statute to go out and seize the remaining tires and tubes stored at Claimant’s home some distance from the border, for the reason that the unlawful exportation of those articles was not presently imminent at the time of seizure. One Plymouth Automobile v. United States, 5 Cir., 165 F.2d 186, 188. However, since the evidence here leaves me in no doubt that this car was about to be unlawfully exported, and that its unlawful exportation was presently imminent at the time of seizure, I concur in the judgment of affirmance.

. United States v. Moreno, 5 Cir., 1950, 182 F.2d 258.