IN RE 650 FIFTH AVE. AND RELATED PROPERTIES

Docket No. 17-3258(L) August Term 2018.

934 F.3d 147 (2019)

IN RE: 650 FIFTH AVENUE AND RELATED PROPERTIES.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 9, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DANIEL S. RUZUMNA , Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY; JOHN GLEESON , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY ( Melissa Ginsberg , Michael N. Fresco , Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY; Matthew E. Fishbein , Derek Wikstrom , Justin R. Horton , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Claimants-Appellants Alavi Foundation and 650 Fifth Avenue Company.

MICHAEL D. LOCKARD , Assistant United States Attorney ( Daniel M. Tracer , Daniel B. Tehrani , Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), for Geoffrey S. Berman , United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.

Before: PARKER, WESLEY, and CHIN, Circuit Judges.


This civil-forfeiture action considers whether the Government may seize 650 Fifth Avenue, a skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, along with other real property and various bank accounts located throughout the United States. These assets are owned by the Alavi Foundation and 650 Fifth Avenue Company (the "Claimants"), entities...

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