Legal Opinion
United States v. David E. Lawson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 20, 1991No. 89-50623PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
The United States appeals the district court’s order dismissing for lack of jurisdiction the indictment against David Lawson for theft of government property in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641. At issue in this case is whether the district court erred in deciding that the proceeds of auctioned property are not “government property” within the meaning of the statute. We have jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3731 and we affirm.
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David Lawson was an auctioneer who owned and operated Lawson & Lawson Auctioneers, Inc., a California corporation. Pursuant to an ongoing…
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