Legal Opinion
United States v. Certain Real Property Located at Route 1
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 30, 1997No. 96-6696PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
In this civil forfeiture ease, the claimants ask us to set aside the district court’s order striking their respective claims and entering default judgment as a sanction for discovery violations pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 37(d) (“Rule 37(d)”). For the reasons that follow, we reverse the judgment of the district court and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
I. BACKGROUND
This case has a lengthy and Complex procedural history that we summarize briefly solely as it pertains to the claims raised in this appeal: In 1993, the United States government instituted a…
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