# Jacobson v. $55,900 in U.S. Currency

> Supreme Court of Minnesota · March 15, 2007 · 728 N.W.2d 510

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9656193

## Case

- **Full name:** Richard J. JACOBSON, Appellant, v. $55,900 in U.S. CURRENCY, Respondent
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Minnesota
- **Decided:** March 15, 2007
- **Citations:** 728 N.W.2d 510; 2007 Minn. LEXIS 133; 2007 WL 764702
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Meyer
- **Judges:** Anderson, Paul, Hanson, Meyer
- **Cited by:** 40 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating, when addressing rebuttal of a statutory presumption regarding forfeiture of property, that “[generally,] a district court should not engage in a qualitative evaluation or weighing of the evidence when deciding whether a claimant has produced sufficient evidence to reb…
- stating that a presumption “control[s] the burden of going forward with the evidence,” and once rebutted, the other party, “in order to prevail, must meet its burden of persuasion” (citation omitted) (internal quotation marks omitted)
- stating that “as a general matter, a district court should not engage in a qualitative evaluation or weighing of the evidence when deciding whether a claimant has produced sufficient evidence to rebut the statutory presumption”
- stating that a district court’s determination of the adequacy of foundation offered for expert witness testimony under Minn. R. Evid. 702 will not be reversed absent abuse of discretion
- explaining that evidence is admissible even if it makes relevant fact only "slightly more probable" (quotation omitted)

## Opinion text

MEYER, Justice
(concurring).
I join in the concurrence of Justice Hanson.

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