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GOVERNMENT OF PERU v. JOHNSON

No. CV 88-6990-WPG.

720 F.Supp. 810 (1989)

GOVERNMENT OF PERU, Plaintiff, v. Benjamin JOHNSON, Lawrence Wendt, David Swetnam, Jacqueline Swetnam, George Gelsebach, Oman Gaspar, Ronald Stanman and 352 Peruvian Artifacts, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

June 29, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Noel Keyes, Corona Del Mar, Cal., George H. Wu, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff.

Terry W. Bird, Ronald J. Nessim, Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert & Matz, Los Angeles, Cal., James F. Fitzpatrick, Edward L. Wolf, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

GRAY, District Judge.

The Government of Peru, plaintiff in this action, contends that it is the legal owner of eighty-nine artifacts that have been seized by the United States Customs Service from defendant Benjamin Johnson. The plaintiff charges the defendant with conversion of these articles and seeks an order for their return. Judgment will be rendered for the defendant.

Irrespective of the decision in this matter, the court...

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