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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 653398, member: 4703&quot;]Not really.&nbsp; The trial court decision was made a couple of days ago in litigation initiated by the Israel Switt descendants who turned in the coins for authentication a few years ago, only to have them confiscated.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fight is far from over.&nbsp; Next step will be the government&#039;s forfeiture action being filed before the end of September, after which the case will either be settled or tried.&nbsp; (The chances that the government won&#039;t file the action are fat, slim, and none.)</p><p><br /></p><p>If it is tried, a jury will place a value on the coins and the government will either have to pay that amount, or surrender the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course unless there is a settlement there will be appeals.&nbsp;&nbsp; The government will probably ask the trial judge for permission to file an immediate appeal of his ruling, which is not likely to be given; but might lead to an early appellate ruling.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the case goes to trial the probability of appeal is 99.999999999%.&nbsp; Either side could appeal over the size of the jury&#039;s award - too high or too low depending on which side of the table you&#039;re sitting on - and the government can appeal the basic ruling requiring forfeiture proceedings.</p><p><br /></p><p>Federal appeals take a long time, so Judge Sotomayor may be ready to retire by the time the case finally reaches the Supreme Court![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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