· 9/14/2000
Mid-South Holding Company, Inc. v. United States
Citations
- 225 F.3d 1201
- 2000 WL 1239257
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that § 1581 “leaves the Customs Service a great deal of discretion ... in deciding which vessels to board and search”
- providing case law from ten different circuits, including this one, supporting the existence of an implied discretionary function in the SAA
- “Although the attendant details could be characterized as mundane or as disengaged from any substantial policy consideration, they are nonetheless critical to the performance of the discretionary scheme.”
- Coast Guard's and Customs Service's boarding and search of vessel
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Judges: Black, Carnes, Kravitch
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