
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, April 4, 1991                   TAG: 9104040302
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: CHARLOTTESVILLE                                LENGTH: Short

FRATS WANT HOUSES BACK

The owners of two of the three fraternity houses seized in last month's drug raids at the University of Virginia said they will fight the federal action.

Corporate owners of the Delta Upsilon and Tau Kappa Epsilon houses challenged the March 21 seizures in papers filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court.

No similar action had been filed on behalf of Phi Epsilon, the third house seized. The deadline for filing initial papers is several weeks off, court officials said.

John Zunka, attorney for the alumni group that owns the Delta Upsilon property, said more arguments will be filed stating why the government should not retain control of the house, assessed by the city at $271,000.

The company that owns the Tau Kappa Epsilon house, which has been assessed at $349,500, said the seizure also will be opposed by Sovran Bank, which holds a $100,000 note on the building.

- Associated Press

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