Legal Opinion
United States v. One 48 Ft. White Colored Sailboat Named "Libertine"
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided October 5, 1998No. Civ. 97-2884 RLAPublished
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DISMISSING VERIFIED COMPLAINT AND FOR RETURN OF VESSEL
ACOSTA, District Judge.
It is incumbent upon the court, at this time, to decide whether or not the Govern ment should be held bound to its consistently-ratified stipulations made as part of the Rule 16 Fed.R.Civ.P. proceedings held in this action.
The Government filed the complaint in this case seeking to forfeit a vessel for its alleged use in violation of the immigration laws. Two conferences were held in an attempt to clarify the Government’s vague grounds for forfeiture. Claimant ELLEN HEFFRON argued that the pleading did not…
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- Hachikian v. Federal Deposit InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- United States v. Pedro RiveraCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
- United States v. Felipe Ramirez-Ferrer, United States v. Jorge L. Suarez-Maya, United States v. Raul Troche-MatosCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Louis T. Falcone, Etc. v. Samuel R. Pierce, Jr., Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
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