U.S. v. ALEXANDER

No. 90-5417.

108 F.3d 853 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ferris ALEXANDER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Haldane Weston, Beverly Hills, CA, argued (G. Randall Garrou, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant.

Paul Anthony Murphy, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, argued, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, FLOYD R. GIBSON, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Ferris Alexander is before us again. The United States Supreme Court remanded this case for a determination of whether the forfeiture of Alexander's property under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968 (1994), violated the Eighth Amendment prohibition against excessive fines. Alexander v. United States, 509 U.S. 544, 559, 113 S.Ct. 2766, 2776, 125...

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