Legal Opinion
Green v. City of Montgomery
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided September 25, 2009No. 2080048PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Judge.
Michael Joe Green, Aletha Johnson, and Johnny James Brown (“the claimants”) ap*258peal from a summary judgment in favor of the City of Montgomery (“the City”) in their action seeking the return of money seized during a traffic stop. We reverse.
On December 6, 2006, Montgomery police officers stopped the claimants as they were traveling through Montgomery on Interstate 65. While issuing the claimants a speeding ticket, the officers smelled a strong marijuana odor and noticed a large amount of cash in a bag on the floorboard behind the passenger seat. When asked how much money was in…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Continental Nat. Indem. Co. v. FieldsSupreme Court of Alabama · 2005
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3Cited by21 opinions
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