• United States v. $124,700 in U.S. Currency • United States v. Ninety-Five Barrels Alleged Apple Cider Vinegar • United States v. 11 1/4 Dozen Packages of Articles Labeled in Part Mrs. Moffat’s Shoo-Fly Powders for Drunkenness
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Seized property can itself be a legal defendant & the naming scheme for these court cases is 
• United States v. Forty-Three Gallons of Whiskey
• United States v. Various Pieces of Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
• United States v. One Tyrannosaurus Bataar Skeleton
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Also, that time the people who salvaged the Titanic *sued the wreckage*pic.twitter.com/SibyfHBPYt
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Please tell me the whiskey won
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In the end, the whiskey usually wins
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Probably one of the more controversial common law practices that should be abolished. Funny as these cases are, they're also the vehicle for the very not cool practice of civil forfeiture that people without means cannot readily defend.
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The Tyrannosaurus bataar case is a great tale of stolen bones! I’d nearly forgotten: the WSJ commissioned me to write about it when I was in Mongolia in 2013. They spiked the piece, so I put it on my blog (never waste good copy). http://jeremyhildreth.com/of-yaks-and-dinosaurs/ …
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