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U.S. v. CHANDLER

No. 93-2064.

36 F.3d 358 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert H. CHANDLER, II, Claimant-Appellant, and The Real Property Known as Tract 1 of Little River Farms, Route 1, Island Road, Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina; Orange County, Defendants, Eastern Skateboard Supply, Incorporated, Claimant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 27, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Thomas Franklin Loflin, III, Durham, NC, for appellant. Gill Paul Beck, Asst. U.S. Atty., Greensboro, NC, for appellee. ON BRIEF: Walter C. Holton, Jr., U.S. Atty., Greensboro, NC, for appellee.

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Judge WILLIAMS joined. Judge WILKINSON wrote a separate concurring opinion.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

We must consider in this case the important question of whether civil forfeiture to the United States of a 33-acre farm, due to its involvement in violations of the federal drug laws, constitutes an excessive fine under the Eighth Amendment. While...

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