On Wednesday March 31, Scott Bullock will argue the case State of New Jersey v. One 1990 Ford Thunderbird in the court of appeals.  This is the excellent ground-breaking case in which he convinced the trial court that allowing prosecutors to benefit financially from the forfeiture cases they prosecute violates Due Process. Today we posted the trial court opinion and Scott's opening brief on the FEAR website.  Check the What's New at FEAR page for links to these documents.  Scroll a little farther down on the What's New page and you'll see important news about Mark Clausen's victory in a tentative ruling against the Richmond, California forfeiture ordinance -- in which the California court followed Scott's New Jersey precedent!

Scott Bullock is a senior staff attorney for the Washington D.C. nonprofit Institute for Justice, and also serves as Vice President of the FEAR board of directors.  Mark Clausen is a new member of FEAR's board of directors.

Looks like we're on a roll!

Brenda


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