Legal Opinion
United States v. George Whiting, and Theodore Whiting
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 23, 1986No. 85-1088PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge.
The district court granted defendants’ motion to suppress evidence seized by the Department of Commerce in a search of packages deposited in the mail by defendants’ company for overseas shipment. On appeal the government contends that the court erred in holding that: (1) the search was not a valid “border search;” and, (2) the search was not within the “good faith” exception to the fourth amendment’s exclusionary rule under United States v. Leon, - U.S. -, 104 S.Ct. 3405, 82 L.Ed.2d 677 (1984). We affirm.
BACKGROUND
In 1982, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”)…
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