Maria Del Carmen Llanso De Real v. William E. Simon, as Secretary of the Treasury of the United States Ofamerica

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to undertake the difficult task of resolving a conflict regarding the rights to assets located in the United States blocked by the Secretary of the Treasury but claimed by former Cuban nationals now residing in the United States. Appellants seek to have us reverse the decision of the district court, asserting the property rights of Cuban nationals who have sought refuge in this country from an oppressive, dictatorial regime. The Government of the United States, however, would have us affirm the trial court’s judgment on the basis of the important…