Legal Opinion
Lynn Brubaker v. Thomas King, Individually and in His Capacity as Special Agent for the United States Bureau of Customs
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 7, 1974No. 74-1041PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants, state and federal law enforcement officers, in a civil rights action based on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Fourth Amendment, claiming false arrest and imprisonment.
The cause of action arose out of the following events. A package addressed to the plaintiff, Lynn Brubaker, in Mun-cie, Indiana, with a return address of American Express, Amsterdam, was intercepted by the United States Bureau of Customs in Chicago, Illinois, and found to contain approximately 426 grams of marihuana resin…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Moor v. County of AlamedaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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