Bowman v. United States

OPINION

MEROW, Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter involves an interplay between two different clauses of the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution and presents a novel issue in Court of Federal Claims jurisprudence. Plaintiff, Linus W. Bowman, asserts that the Government violated the Double Jeopardy Clause by executing civil forfeitures of his property subsequent to criminal convictions.1 Plaintiff further alleges that he is entitled to relief pursuant to the Takings Clause2 for the deprivation of his property caused by the forfeitures.

Defendant moved to dismiss for lack of subject matter…