Legal Opinion
Property Clerk of New York City Police Department v. Molomo
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 8, 1993PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*938OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
Ford Motor Credit Company was the lienholder on a vehicle used in a drug purchase by the debtor Molomo. As an instrumentality of crime, the car was subjected to forfeiture under section 14-140 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York. In these combined forfeiture and replevin actions, Ford’s principal contention is that the City’s forfeiture procedure is constitutionally infirm because it does not require notice to a lienholder, nor does it grant "wholly innocent” lienholders a right to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Calero-Toledo v. Pearson Yacht Leasing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Frank Santora Equipment Corp. v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1988
- City of New York v. SalamonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Property Clerk of New York City Police Department v. MolomoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
3Cited by6 opinions
- Ford Motor Credit Co. v. NYC Police DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
- Ford Motor Credit Co. v. New York City Police DepartmentDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2005
- Cuomo v. UppalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- Property Clerk of New York City Police Department v. FoleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- Brown v. A 2007 Chevrolet, Vin No. 1GNET13M372223303Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020
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