United States v. Philip Haushalter. Parkvale Savings Association, a Pennsylvania Corporation v. Philip Haushalter

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES ROSEN, Circuit Judge.

The present civil suit had its genesis in a 1967 bank robbery. On October 2, 1967, the Park Federal Savings & Loan Association in Pittsburgh was robbed of approximately 136,25o. 1 After arresting Haushalter for the robbery, the F.B.I. seized $9,980. contained in a Los Angeles safe deposit box which Haushalter had apparently leased. 2 Although Haushalter was convicted of the bank robbery, the money seized by the F.B.I. was never linked to the robbery and the ownership of that fund is still in dispute.

There are two contenders for the fund. James…