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UNITED STATES v. EIGHT (8) RHODESIAN STONE STATUES

No. CV 77-643-IH.

449 F.Supp. 193 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. EIGHT (8) RHODESIAN STONE STATUES, Defendants, Dr. David Brokensha, Claimant.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

February 24, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea Sheridan Ordin, U. S. Atty., by Michael E. Wolfson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff.

Stein, Shostak, Shostak & O'Hara, Inc. by Thomas Trager, Los Angeles, Cal., for claimant.

OPINION

IRVING HILL, District Judge.

In this case, the government seized 8 small stone statues imported from Rhodesia on account of alleged violations of certain customs laws (19 U.S.C. § 1592) and economic sanctions (22 U.S.C. § 287c). Thereafter, the government commenced the instant in rem action to secure a decree of forfeiture.1 The owner of the statues contests the action as a claimant. A separate motion for summary...

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