Coin Collectors Guild Hopeful Seizure Complaint Offers Chance to Visit Merits in CBP Suit
The Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG) is hopeful an April 22 forfeiture complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland will allow the group to address a number of issues it hadn't yet been able to litigate over, said Peter Tompa, a lawyer with Bailey and Ehrenberg who is representing ACCG. "We are reviewing the forfeiture complaint and will file a claim and answer in the time frame allowed," he said by email.
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The ACCG filed the original suit against CBP and others after the agency seized Cypriot and Chinese coins imported by ACCG to test restrictions under the Cultural Property Implementation Act. The Supreme Court recently denied a request to review the case (see 13032601), sending it back to the District Court. The action in District Court may allow for discussion of "at least some of the issues we raised in our [Declaratory Judgment] Action, but that will depend on what the Court allows," he said. Tompa also noted that the case has gone back to District Court Judge Catherine Blake, who handled it when initially filed.
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