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VU v. MEESE

Civ. A. No. 89-2003.

755 F.Supp. 1375 (1991)

Tricia VU, et al. v. Edwin MEESE, III, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

January 8, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Galuszka, New Orleans, La., Pat A. Sheehan, Biloxi, Miss., for plaintiffs.

Constantine D. Georges, U.S. Attorney's Office, New Orleans, La., Philip Francis Cossich, Jr., Pivach, Cossich & Pivach, Belle Chasse, La., Dennis P. Couvillion, Daniel Rault Martiny, Lee, Martiny & Caracci, Metairie, La., Steven Franklin Griffith, Sr., Destrehan, La., Warren Horn, Adams & Reese, Warren M. Schultz, Jr., M. Richard Schroeder Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for defendants.

WICKER, District Judge.

This is a lawsuit for damages arising out of vessel seizures which occurred as a result of the following events.

The U.S. Coast Guard boarded two commercial fishing vessels owned by plaintiffs Lan Huong Thi Nguyen and Tricia Vu, which were allegedly moored in an unsafe manner in Tiger Pass, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Once on board the vessels, the Coastguardsmen allegedly saw a small amount of marijuana in plain view, which prompted...

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