United States Tenth Circuit

Federal forfeiture law, 21 USC 881(a)(7), preempts Oklahoma homestead exemption laws, thus property subject to Oklahoma's homestead exemption may still be subject to asset forfeiture.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/02/2002
• Published 01/02/2002

Judges

• SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge., Before SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge, BRORBY, Senior Circuit Judge, and LUCERO, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert G. Brown, Tulsa, OK, for Claimant-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Linda A. Epperley, Assistant United States Attorney (Sheldon J. Sperling, United States Attorney with her on the brief), Muskogee, OK, for Plaintiff-Appellee.