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U.S. v. 57,261 ITEMS OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA

Nos. 88-5320, 87-6018.

869 F.2d 955 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 57,261 ITEMS OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, etc., (88-5320), Defendant, Contempo Products, Inc., by and through its president Richard K. Rowland (88-5320), Claimant-Appellant. CONTEMPO PRODUCTS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ralph WHITESIDE and Bill Crane (87-6018), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 14, 1989.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 10, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe B. Brown, U.S. Atty., Nashville, Tenn., Harold B. McDonough, Jr. (argued), Nashville, Tenn., for defendants-appellants.

Larry D. Woods (argued), Woods and Woods, and Robert Thomas Vaughn (argued), Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before MERRITT, MARTIN and MILBURN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 10, 1989.

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

The two "drug paraphernalia" cases before us on appeal arise from government seizure of shipments of a large quantity of ceramic pipes, water pipes and cigarette holders brought into the United States from Japan by Contempo Products, Inc. Customs agents, working with the DEA, seized these items in Nashville prior to delivery to Contempo in early 1987. They made the seizure under the...

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