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United States v. Joseph Scheer, Thomas L. Turney. Appeal of Joseph Scheer
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 3, 1979No. 79-1109PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
On June 17, 1978, an unclaimed suitcase, one of approximately twenty pieces of unclaimed luggage, arrived at JFK Airport in New York on a flight from Mexico. Following the customary practice in such situations, the United States customs officer on duty at the time inspected the suitcase’s contents in the presence of an airline employee. Upon detecting a smell of glue that was indicative to him of a false bottom, the official weighed the suitcase and determined that it was unusually heavy considering its contents. He then put a small incision in the bottom, and discovered…
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