Legal Opinion
United States v. Plat 20, Lot 17
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 12, 1992No. Nos. 91-1681, 91-1682PublishedCited by 327 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
These consolidated appeals sprout from the discovery of a “marijuana farm” in New Shoreham, Rhode Island. Despite their shared roots, the appeals involve discrete claims and issues. The first appeal, prosecuted by Peter K. Beane, asks us to determine whether summary judgment foreclosing his claim to certain real property was duly entered in the underlying civil forfeiture action. The second appeal is prosecuted by Peter’s siblings, Joel and Carol Beane, who were successful claimants in the same forfeiture proceeding. They ask us to reverse the district court’s denial of…
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