Forfeiture & Penalty

By claim type

• Other forfeiture and penalty suits

  41,825 cases · 20,690 reached a judgment
  85.9%

  plaintiff win
• Drug related seizure of property

  37,659 cases · 19,807 reached a judgment
  83.3%

  plaintiff win
• Food and drug acts

  6,774 cases · 3,533 reached a judgment
  85.5%

  plaintiff win
• Agricultural acts

  1,983 cases · 717 reached a judgment
  62.6%

  plaintiff win
• Airline regulations

  657 cases · 267 reached a judgment
  90.3%

  plaintiff win
• Occupational safety/health

  645 cases · 320 reached a judgment
  89.7%

  plaintiff win
• Railroad and trucks

  298 cases · 185 reached a judgment
  91.9%

  plaintiff win
• Liquor laws

  73 cases · 34 reached a judgment
  58.8%

  plaintiff win

Source: FJC Integrated Database (public domain), via CourtListener — federal civil cases filed and terminated, 1988–present. Figures are descriptive statistics about how cases of a given type have closed in a given court. They describe the historical record — not a prediction or assessment of any specific case. Not legal advice.