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COUVERTIER v. BONAR

No. 98-1997.

173 F.3d 450 (1999)

Sixto Millan COUVERTIER, Conjugal Partnership Millan Quiara, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Guillermo GIL BONAR, Hon. in His Official Capacity as an Officer of the USA, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 4, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antonio J. Amadeo-Murga for appellant.

Fidel A. Sevillano-del Río, Assistant United States, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, COFFIN and CYR, Senior Circuit Judges.

TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

In this action, plaintiffs-appellants seek the recovery of $45,828 plus interest in prized lottery tickets—winning tickets—of the lottery of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that were seized by United States Customs Service officials from appellant Sixto Millán Couvertier pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1305, upon his arrival in San Juan from the U.S. Virgin Islands ("U.S.V.I."). Section 1305 prohibits the importation of lottery...

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