Legal Opinion
United States v. Peachtree National Distributors
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 7, 1972No. 71-2092PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEWIN, Circuit Judge:
On March 20, 1971, an officer of the Texas Department of Public Safety, License and Weight Services, who was inspecting bills of lading and other required transport documents, stopped a large tractor-trailer on Interstate Highway No. 20 near Odessa, Texas. During a routine inspection he discovered that the trailer contained what he considered to be “obscene” books rather than oil well parts as shown on the bill of lading. The driver was then arrested for the purpose of filing state charges for license and shipping document violations. Enroute to the local courthouse the…
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