KRIMSTOCK v. KELLY

Docket No. 00-9488.

306 F.3d 40 (2002)

Valerie KRIMSTOCK, Charles Flatow, Ismael Delapaz, Clarence Walters, James Webb, Michael Zurlo, and Sandra Jones, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Raymond W. KELLY, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, Property Clerk, New York City Police Department, and the City of New York, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. O'Brien, of counsel, The Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Division, New York, NY, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Julie Steiner, Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York, NY, for Michael D. Hess, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York (Stephen J. McGrath, on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before: JACOBS, F.I. PARKER, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.


SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.

Defendant City of New York seizes the motor vehicles of some of those accused of driving while intoxicated and of committing other crimes for which a motor vehicle could be considered an instrumentality.1 The City maintains possession of these vehicles in the hope of one day gaining title to them by prevailing in civil forfeiture proceedings. These proceedings generally...

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