WHITE v. ACREE

No. 77-1124.

594 F.2d 1385 (1979)

Lincoln C. WHITE, Plaintiff-Appellee, John B. Ford, Intervenor-Appellee, v. Vernon D. ACREE, Director of Customs, United States Department of Treasury, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided March 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramon M. Child, U.S. Atty., and Brent Ward, Asst. U.S. Atty., Salt Lake City, Utah, Edward L. Gilmore, Regional Counsel of Customs, and Patricia K. Myers, Atty., Office of Regional Counsel of Customs, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Jonathan K. Bellsey and Bruce Zagaris of Glad, Tuttle & White, San Francisco, Cal., for intervenor-appellee John B. Ford.

Alvin I. Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiff-appellee Lincoln C. White.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, and DOYLE and LOGAN, Circuit Judges.


LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a district court order granting a mandatory injunction and ordering the return of seized jewels entered against the Director of Customs, United States Department of Treasury, in a suit filed by Lincoln C. White. The jewels had been seized by customs agents for alleged violation of United States customs laws. The court based its grant of injunctive relief and return of the jewels on grounds that the delay between the date...

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