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· 5/2/1988

United States v. Richard J. Leary, and F.L. Kleinberg & Co.

Citations

  • 846 F.2d 592
  • 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 5755
  • 1988 WL 39811

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that warrants must “allow the executing officers to distinguish between items that may and may not be seized”
  • holding that warrants must “allow the executing officers to distinguish between items that may and may not be seized”
  • requiring that a warrant be limited, if possible, to the specific transaction under suspicion and to specific companies under suspicion
  • noting that agents are not expected to “anticipate legal determination or resolve ambiguities in the law”
  • noting that agents are not expected to \anticipate legal determination or resolve ambiguities in the law\
  • holding impermissibly overbroad a warrant authorizing search of company offices and seizure of all records and communications “relating to the purchase, sale and illegal exportation of materials” in violation of federal export laws

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Judges: Holloway, Anderson, Timbers

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