U.S. v. D.K.G. APPALOOSAS, INC.

Nos. 86-2199, 86-2605.

829 F.2d 532 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. D.K.G. APPALOOSAS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees, Bruce Emery Griffin, Claimant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ONE 1984 LINCOLN MARK VII TWO-DOOR, One 1981 Silver Spirit Rolls Royce, et al., Defendants, Bruce Emery Griffin, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald H. Goldstein, San Antonio, Tex., Joseph C. Hawthorn, Beaumont, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

Sara Criscitelli, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Bob Wortham, U.S. Atty., Beaumont, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, RANDALL, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

The government appeals the district court's entry of judgment against the government in its suit to forfeit claimant's horse ranch in East Texas, and claimant cross-appeals the district court's allocation of the costs of operating the ranch while the forfeiture litigation was pending. In a consolidated appeal, claimant also challenges, as a violation of the ex post facto clause of the United States Constitution, the district court's...

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