U.S. v. ALL ASSETS AND EQUIP. OF WEST SIDE BLDG.

No. 97-2164.

188 F.3d 440 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ALL ASSETS AND EQUIPMENT OF WEST SIDE BUILDING CORPORATION, 1801 West Adams Street, 1803 West Adams Street, 1251-55 West Adams Street, and 207, 209, 211 South Throop, Defendants, Clara Penny and West Side Building Corporation, Claimants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 6, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Ferguson (argued), Office of United States Attorney, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Freddrenna M. Lyle, Lyle, Slaughter & Brewer, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.

Andrew M. Cohen (argued), Chicago, IL, for Claimants-Appellants.

Before BAUER, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Clara Penny and West Side Building Corporation ("claimants") return to this Court challenging the forfeiture of their real and personal property. The government claimed that the property was the fruit of alleged narcotics distribution activities in which Penny and her family engaged and seized the property ex parte pursuant to 21 U.S.C. §§ 881(a)(5) and (6). During the first round of this case, the district court denied the claimants...

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