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Eleventh Circuit· 7/18/1986

United States v. Rosenthal

Citations

  • 793 F.2d 1214
  • 21 Fed. R. Serv. 264

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that a \defendant may only be exonerated on the basis of his reliance on real and not merely apparent authority.\
  • stating that defendant could only be exonerated if he relied on real and not apparent authority
  • “Under international law, it is the contracting foreign government that has the right to complain about a violation.”
  • exception where “the conduct of the foreign officers shocks the conscience of the American court”
  • American agents’ presence at search and seizure of defendant’s residence insufficient to trigger exception
  • neither CIA nor other intelligence agencies has actual authority to authorize conduct that would violate ‘the Constitution or statutes of the United States,’ including federal narcotics laws

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Judges: Thomas

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Cites

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