United States v. Steve Kent Odneal, United States of America v. John Louis Ribando, George M. Challman Iii, and Harold Louis Bennett

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• noting that the Coast Guard’s primary functions are to enforce federal laws and regulations to promote the “safety of life and property on the high seas”
• investigatory stop of vessel by Coast Guard subject to fourth amendment limitations
• reference to “all applicable laws” relating to admiralty grants “very broad statutory authority”
• Customs Service and Coast Guard each had independent reasons for stop

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).