United States

Cases

• United States v. Approximately 64,695 Pounds of Shark Fins

  Why a cargo of detached shark fins escaped forfeiture, and how a gap between possession and landing rules became a due-process problem.

  Civil forfeitureFair noticeFisheriesStatutory interpretation

• United States v. One Tyrannosaurus Bataar Skeleton

  How scientific provenance, foreign ownership laws and customs paperwork supported forfeiture of a million-dollar dinosaur skeleton.

  Civil forfeitureCultural propertyCustomsForeign law

• United States v. Microsoft

  How restrictions on browsers and middleware protected the Windows monopoly, and why the breakup order did not survive appeal.

  AntitrustMonopoly maintenanceSoftware platformsRemedies