Grey Poplars Inc v. One Million Three Hundred Seventy-One One Thousand One Hundred

282 F.3d 1175 GREY POPLARS INC, Claimant-Appellant, United States of America, Plaintiff-counter-defendant-Appellee, v. ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED (1,371,100) ASSORTED BRANDS OF CIGARETTES, Defendant. No. 00-35841. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 4, 2002. Filed March 8, 2002. R. Wayne Bjur, Bjur & Associates, P.S., Zillah, WA, for the claimant-appellant. Thomas O. Rice, Assistant United States Attorney, Spokane, WA, for the plaintiff/counter-defendant/appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, Wm. Fremming Nielsen, District Judge, Presiding. Before: HENRY A. POLITZ, * WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR., and ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. OPINION CANBY, Circuit Judge. 1 Grey Poplars, Inc., a tribally-licensed business of the Yakama Nation, appeals the district court's summary judgment in favor of the United States government in a civil forfeiture action against 1,371,100 assorted brands of cigarettes. 1 The forfeiture was based on the federal Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act ("CCTA"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 2341-46 , which defines as contraband cigarettes…