Legal Opinion

In re Forfeiture of $109,901

Michigan Court of Appeals

Decided April 21, 1995No. Docket Nos. 166339, 167501PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Per curiam

This is a forfeiture action. The intervening claimants appeal as of right from the trial court’s grant of plaintiffs motion for summary disposition under MCR 2.116(C)(10).1 We affirm.

The intervening claimants are police officers who were shot during a raid on a suspected drug house. They obtained judgments against the owner of the currency, claimant Kevin Eugene Johnson, and filed a lien with the seizing agency. They then intervened in this forfeiture action in an effort to assert their lien.

The officers first argue that, because their interest in the currency assertedly arose before the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. O'Donnell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1979
  2. People v. One 1979 Honda AutomobileMichigan Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. People v. CampbellMichigan Court of Appeals · 1972
  4. Department of Natural Resources v. ParishMichigan Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. In Re Forfeiture of One 1983 CadillacMichigan Court of Appeals · 1989

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Mahaffey v. Attorney GeneralMichigan Court of Appeals · 1997
  2. Clemons v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996
  3. In re International Transmission Co.Michigan Court of Appeals · 2014

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