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TOWN OF SANFORD v. U.S.

Civil No. 96-201-P-H.

961 F.Supp. 16 (1997)

TOWN OF SANFORD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

April 8, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Dale, Jensen, Baird, Gardner & Henry, Portland, for Plaintiffs.

Jonathan A. Toof, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Portland, for Defendant.

ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

HORNBY, Chief Judge.

This case involves a conflict between federal Government forfeitures of drug-related real estate and municipal tax collection procedures. I conclude that a municipality with a perfected lien on real estate for the collection of real estate taxes, whose officials have no knowledge of the illegal activities occurring on the real estate, qualifies as an "innocent

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