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· 12/8/1949

Gordon Lubricating Co. v. Lewis

Citations

  • 87 F. Supp. 272
  • 1949 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2010

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that ten day stay in El Paso militated against a finding of probable cause
  • finding that the possession of $9,800 “was not sufficiently large” to constitute a basis for an airport seizure
  • finding purchase of ticket in cash to be common, everyday travel related activity
  • fact that claimant did not use an alias, volunteered information to the police, and gave honest answers undermined government showing of probable cause
  • no probable cause where amount of cash carried by claimant was “not grossly incommensurate with his purported income”
  • “the government must come forward with more than a ‘drug courier profile’ and a positive dog sniff ...”

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Judges: Watkins

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