Supreme Court· 6/6/1977

United States v. Ramsey

Citations

431 U.S. 606
97 S. Ct. 1972
52 L. Ed. 2d 617
1977 U.S. LEXIS 101

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holding that government's right to search all persons and their belongings who cross its borders is plenary and is \reasonable\ per se within the Fourth Amendment
holding that government’s right to search all persons and their belongings who cross its borders is plenary and is “reasonable” per se within the Fourth Amendment
holding that government's right to search all persons and their belongings who cross its borders is plenary and is \reasonable\ per se within the Fourth Amendment
holding that searches for contraband in international mail did not violate the Fourth Amendment, repeatedly stressing that statutes forbade reading correspondence in the envelopes
holding that government's right to search all persons and their belongings who cross its borders is plenary and is \reasonable\ per se within the Fourth Amendment
noting that the government’s power to exclude contraband “can be effectuated by routine inspections and searches of individuals or conveyances seeking to cross our borders”

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Judges: Brennan, Marshall, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens

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