Legal Opinion
United States v. One Star Class Sloop Sailboat Built in 1930
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 20, 2008No. 08-1152PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
The instant appeal requires us to revisit the FLASH II, a sailing vessel once owned by the late John F. Kennedy. This time around, the district court found that the government had failed to take reasonable steps to notify a part-owner of the vessel (Dr. Kerry Scott Lane) of its intent to forfeit. Since the government already had sold the vessel at auction, the court— which determined that the sales price eq-ualled the vessel’s fair market value— awarded a share of the net sales proceeds to Lane. It subsequently granted him attorneys’ fees in an amount less than he had…
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