United States v. One Solid Gold Object in Form of a Rooster
1962 US federal civil forfeiture case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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United States v. One Solid Gold Object in Form of a Rooster (208 F. Supp. 99 – Dist. Court, D. Nevada 1962)[1] is a United States District Court for the District of Nevada civil forfeiture case between the United States and a solid gold statue of a rooster. As the rooster was made of solid gold, the United States Treasury seized it on the grounds that it was illegal under the Gold Reserve Act of 1934 which prohibited private ownership of more than 50 ozt (1.6 kg) of gold in the United States.[2] The owner challenged the seizure in court and the jury found in favor of the statue.[3][4]
The form of the styling of this case – the defendant being an object, rather than a legal person – is because this is a jurisdiction in rem (power over objects) case, rather than the more familiar in personam (over persons) case.[5]