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RICE v. WALLS

Nos. 11909, 11910.

213 F.2d 693 (1954)

RICE v. WALLS, U. S. Dist. Atty., et al. PUCKETT v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

May 31, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Marshall, Frankfort, Ky. (Funk, Chancellor & Marshall, Frankfort, Ky., on the brief), for appellants.

J. Leonard Walker, U. S. Atty., Louisville, Ky. (Charles F. Wood, Asst. U. S. Atty., Louisville, Ky., on the brief), for appellees.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and MARTIN and McALLISTER, Circuit Judges.

MARTIN, Circuit Judge.

The appeals in these two cases are from the same United States District Court and involve the same points, so one opinion will be adequate.

The petitions filed by appellants sought restitution to them as owners of slot machines alleged to have been wrongfully seized by agents of the United States under "pretended authority" of the Johnson Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1171 to 1177. In the Rice case, the appellant was not arrested or...

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