California Court of Appeal

Defendant-City's ordinance, which permits it to seize and hold a motor vehicle used to solicit an act of prostitution or to consummate a drug transaction, is invalid for failing to provide a reasonably prompt hearing on the probable merit of the government's right to detain the vehicle.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/22/2005
• Published 04/22/2005

Judges

• BUTZ, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark T. Clausen for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson, Joseph M. Quinn, Oakland;  and Lori S. Whittaker, Deputy City Attorney, for the City of Stockton and Jayne W. Williams, Defendants and Respondents.