U.S. v. $405,089.23 U.S. CURRENCY

No. 93-55947.

122 F.3d 1285 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. $405,089.23 U.S. CURRENCY; $8,929.93 U.S. Currency; $123,000.00 U.S. Currency; One Bell 47 G-2 Helicopter, U.S. Registration Number N59H; Stormy Seas Four (Shrimp Boat) official number 2159; One Piper Cherokee 6 Airplane; One Hundred Thirty-Eight (138) Silver Bars; One 1985 Jaguar, VIN: SAJNV5842FC119348; One 1981 Wellcraft, VIN: HALLWELT1593G788; One 1988 Jaguar, VIN: SAJHU164JC530324; One 1986 Porsche, VIN: WPOAA0940GN454897; One 1988 Jaguar, VIN: SAJAV1643JC521364; One 1986 Chevrolet, VIN: 1G8CS18RXG0140772; One 1988 Mitsubishi, VIN: JA7FL24D9JP0505914; One 1987 Nissan, VIN: JN6ND11S3HW033709; One 1987 Suzuki, VIN: 1S4JC51C2H4154485; One 1988 Jeep, VIN: 2BCHV8157JB523469; One 1988 Chevrolet, VIN: 1GCFC24K0JZ253793; One 1983 Chevrolet, VIN: 1G8CS18B9D8132968, Defendants, Charles Wesley Arlt; James Eli Wren; Payback Mines, Inc., Claimants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 11, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet C. Hudson, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff-appellee.

David M. Michael, San Francisco, CA, for claimants-appellants.

Before: REINHARDT, T.G. NELSON and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Judge T.G. NELSON; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge REINHARDT.

T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge:

This case of civil forfeiture has returned to us on remand from the Supreme Court after the Court, in United States v. Ursery, ___ U.S. ___, 116 S.Ct. 2135, 135 L.Ed.2d 549 (1996), reversed our holding in United States v. $405,089.23 U.S. Currency, 33 F.3d 1210

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