MUDGE v. MACOMB COUNTY

Docket No. 103985, Calendar No. 6.

580 N.W.2d 845 (1998)

458 Mich. 87

Tanya J. MUDGE and Jonathan Brown, Plaintiffs and Counter-Defendants-Appellees, v. MACOMB COUNTY, Macomb County Sheriff's Department, William Hackel, Macomb County Sheriff, jointly and severally, Defendants and Counter-Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 1, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Hacker, Lawrence A. Baumgartner, and Jerald R. Lovell, Mount Clemens, of counsel, for plaintiffs.

O'Leary, O'Leary, Jacobs, Mattson, Perry & Mason, P.C. by John P. Jacobs and Kenneth L. Herrington, Southfield, for defendants.

Johnson, Rosati, Galica, Labarge, Aseltyne & Field, P.C. by Marcia L. Howe, Farmington Hills, amicus curiae, for Michigan Defense Trial Association.

Garan, Lucow, Miller, Seward & Becker, P.C. by Rosalind Rochkind, Detroit, amici curiae, for Michigan Municipal League and Michigan Municipal Liability and Property Pool.

Cohl, Stoker & Toskey, P.C. by Peter A. Cohl and John R. McGlinchey, Lansing, amici curiae, for Michigan Association of Counties and Michigan Sheriffs Association.


Opinion

TAYLOR, Justice.

Tanya Mudge and Jonathon Brown filed a lawsuit in the Macomb Circuit Court against Macomb County, Macomb County Sheriff's Department, and William Hackel, Macomb County Sheriff. Plaintiffs alleged that the sheriff's department had obtained ex parte orders from the judge assigned to their respective criminal cases, seizing their bond monies for reimbursement of the expenses of their...

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