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· 6/7/1976

G. E. M. Corp. v. Liquor Control Commission

Citations

  • 426 U.S. 918
  • 96 S. Ct. 2620
  • 49 L. Ed. 2d 370
  • 1976 U.S. LEXIS 1929

How courts have described this case

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

  • defendant gave evasive and contradictory answers to custom inspector’s questions justifying decision to search her exterior body surface
  • custom agent directing a passenger to remove an object from inside her person— without any physical contact — constituted a search of the person
  • same judge may preside over a retrial after reversal; judge not disqualified because he presided over separate trial of a co-defendant
  • reasonable suspicion standard adopted for customs searches as “functional equivalent” of border searches
  • border search; reasonable suspicion justified on fewer objective facts than instant case
  • border search; reasonable suspicion justified on fewer objective facts than instant case

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