The following excerpt is from United States v. Allahyari, 980 F.3d 684 (9th Cir. 2020):
2 For all other third parties, the common-law principle, "the first in time is the first in right," remains the rule. United States v. McDermott , 507 U.S. 447, 449, 113 S.Ct. 1526, 123 L.Ed.2d 128 (1993).
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