Legal Opinion
Osprey Pacific Corp. v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided June 10, 1998No. 93-710PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SMITH, Chief Judge.
This ease involves a claim for damages resulting from the seizure of a Navy patrol boat (PTF-26) that had been declared surplus and donated to an Oregon public agency under the Federal Property Administrative Services Act of 1949, 40 U.S.C. § 484 (FPA-SA).
This is an unusual case. Its fact pattern does not fit the regular takings mold. At issue here is not a forfeiture, but a physical seizure, based upon an unfounded belief that the federal government had a valid claim to a boat that had been surplused. Unlike either an in rem or an in personam forfeiture where the…
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