IP: Be careful with your briefcase at the airport

[David Farber <dfarber@earthlink.net>]

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From: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 04:46:22 
To: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: Be careful with your briefcase at the airport

ASSET FORFEITURE, CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE

US v. $557,933.89, No. 00-6261 (2d Cir. March 27, 2002)

Where initial search of claimant's briefcase by airport security 
personnel comported with the Fourth Amendment, and detention of 
claimant's briefcase could be justified by reasonable suspicion 
alone, money orders found in plain view inside briefcase, and other 
evidence derived from seizure of the briefcase, properly admitted; 
with no basis for suppression, the evidence demonstrated probable 
cause for forfeiture and supported jury verdict.

To read the full text of this opinion, go to:
  http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/2nd/006261.html

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