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· 11/6/1998

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sheri Lynn BULACAN, Defendant-Appellee

Citations

  • 156 F.3d 963
  • 1998 WL 635466

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that regulations authorizing federal officers to search an individual’s belongings for narcotics upon entry to a federal building violated the Fourth Amendment
  • “The Government’s interests in preventing the entry of contraband at the border is substantial, and the protections of the Fourth Amendment are weakened.”
  • “The Government’s interests in preventing the entry of con- traband at the border is substantial, and the protections of the Fourth Amendment are weakened.”
  • “To meet the test of reasonableness, an administrative screening search must be as limited in its intrusiveness as is consistent with satisfaction of the administrative need that justifies it”
  • “Limited administrative searches may be conducted at the border. . . .”
  • \Limited administrative searches may be conducted at the border....\

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Judges: Noonan, Thomas, Pregerson

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