George L. Downing, William H. Merrill v. Robert L. Kunzig

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• concluding that courthouse searches undertaken pursuant to federal regulations do not violate the Fourth Amendment
• concluding that courthouse searches undertaken pursuant to federal regulations do not violate the Fourth Amendment
• holding that threat of bombings at courthouses justify brief baggage inspections
• construing the district court’s grant of a Rule 12(b)(6) motion as a grant of summary judgment, based on language identical to that in Rule 12(c)
• allowing suspicionless searches upon entrance to federal courthouse; requiring individualized suspicion “would as a practical matter seriously impair the power of government to protect itself against ruthless forces bent upon its destruction”
• reciting GSA's comparable role in respect of courthouses and other guarded facilities

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