Legal Opinion
United States v. Fannon
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 5, 1977No. Nos. 76-2700, 76-2732PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KOELSCH, Circuit Judge:
These appeals present this question: Is a search by an airline employee of a package deposited with the air carrier for shipment subject to the limitations of the Fourth Amendment?
The material facts are not in disputé: acting in concert, the defendants, on successive days, deposited at the United Airlines freight office at San Diego, California, two packages for shipment by air to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After the defendants had left the office, employees of the carrier, suspecting the packages contained drugs, opened them and discovered heroin secreted therein.…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Burdeau v. McDowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Marsh v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States v. BiswellSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Colonnade Catering Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by20 opinions
- United States v. Raymond Edwards, United States of America v. David RichardsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Paul Howard Gumerlock, United States of America v. Marc Paul FannonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- State v. BoyntonHawaii Supreme Court · 1978
- United States v. John Allen AndrewsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- Snyder v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1978
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