In Re King Properties

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the application of the Forfeiture Act was at least in part punitive
• holding that house purchased with cash by laid-off blacktopping worker and used to store large amounts of cash, drugs, and drug paraphernalia functioned as base of operations for drug business
• explaining that Section 6802(j) allows a property owner to assert “that the property was not unlawfully used or possessed or that the owner was either ignorant of such unlawful use or possession or never consented to it” (emphasis added)
• “[I]t shall be the Commonwealth’s burden to establish by clear and convincing evidence that the criminal conduct in question is not a onetime occurrence.”
• when determining whether a forfeiture is grossly disproportionate, the Commonwealth bears the burden of proving, by clear and convincing evidence, that the criminal conduct in question establishes a relevant pattern rather than a onetime occurrence
• explaining Excessive Fines Clause in relation to forfeiture matters

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

32 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Commonwealth v. Eisenberg, M., Aplt
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-19· cited 206×
• Thorp v. State of Ga.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-12-05· cited 43×
• Stuart v. STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPT. OF SAFETY
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1998-03-02· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. 1997 Chevrolet & Contents Seized From Young
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-05-25· cited 36×
• Aravanis v. Somerset County
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-09-13· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Wingait Farms
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-02-26· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. 1997 Chevrolet
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-17· cited 21×
• United States v. One Parcel Property Located at 427 & 429 Hall Street
  M.D. Alabama· 1994-05-19· cited 20×
• City of Worthington Police Department v. One 1988 Chevrolet Berreta, Maroon in Color, Bearing License 520 CLF, & Bearing VIN 1G1LV1412JE6227125
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1994-05-24· cited 16×
• ONE (1) 1979 FORD 15V v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-08-27· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. $26,556.00 Seized From Polidoro
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-02-29· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. All that Certain Parcel & Lot of Land Located At 4029 Beale Avenue, Altoona, Blair County
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-07-18· cited 14×
• Com. v. REAL PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-01-06· cited 13×
• Boyd v. Hickman
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1997-02-21· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Schill
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-06-07· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Wingait Farms
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-05-08· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. $23,320.00 U.S. Currency
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-07-02· cited 10×
• SAS, Inc. v. Commonwealth, State Police, Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-02-28· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Mitchell
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-10-20· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Smothers
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-03-09· cited 5×

Other cases named In Re King Properties

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• In Re King Properties
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-22· cited 9×