U.S. v. ONE PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY

No. 89-1571.

900 F.2d 470 (1990)

UNITED STATES, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. ONE PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY, etc., Defendant, Appellant, Appeal of Carmela SCLAFANI and Rosario Sclafani, Claimants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. McBride, with whom Thomas Kerner and McBride, Wheeler and Widegren, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellants.

Jeffrey S. Robbins, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Wayne A. Budd, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.


BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States resulting in an order forfeiting property of claimants Rosario and Carmela Sclafani, husband and wife, to the United States. The property is the home of the Sclafanis; it consists of land and buildings located at 141 Bell Rock Street, Everett, Massachusetts.

I. THE FACTS

The United States instituted a forfeiture proceeding against the Sclafanis...

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