UNITED STATES v. VARIOUS PIECES, ETC.

No. 80-1727.

649 F.2d 606 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. VARIOUS PIECES OF SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald S. Reed, Jr., U. S. Atty., Western District of Missouri, E. Eugene Harrison, Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., James N. De Stefano, United States Customs Service, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

David J. Cannon, Gregory G. Johnson, Michael, Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee, Wis., Joseph M. David, Jr., Stinson, Mag & Fizzell, Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before BRIGHT, HENLEY and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The United States appeals from an order of the district court granting summary judgment for I. I. Industries, the sole claimant to twenty-eight pieces of semiconductor manufacturing equipment that was seized during an unlawful attempt to export it to the Soviet Union. Summary judgment was based on the district court's conclusion that the thirty-seven month delay between the seizure of the equipment and the institution of forfeiture proceedings constituted...

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