Legal Opinion
Celso Lopez Lopez v. M. Aran
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 21, 1988No. 86-1974PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to probe the constitutional implications associated with checkpoints established by the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) at the airport in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico. Such checkpoints are used for preliminary screening of persons attempting to board domestic flights between Puerto Rico and the continental United States.1 The appeal demands that we assess important fourth amendment values in determining whether —and if so, to what extent — the INS’s set procedure is a permissible encounter of the kind sanctioned by the Supreme Court…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Robert Brennan v. Roderick HendriganCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- United States v. ChhienCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
- United States v. Osvaldo Rodriguez-MoralesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Ronald WoodrumCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
- United States v. Edward CardonaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
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