Legal Opinion
United States v. Blair
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided June 19, 1980No. Crim. H-79-0235, H-79-0283PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALEXANDER HARVEY, II, District Judge:
This case represents another in a series of recent prosecutions brought by the federal government against individuals charged with smuggling marijuana into States of the Fourth Circuit by means of vessels operating in coastal waterways. See “High on the Seas: Drug Smuggling, The Fourth Amendment, and Warrantless Searches at Sea”, 93 H.L.R. 725-751 (1980). Four of the five States in this Circuit are located along the Atlantic Seaboard and contain bays, rivers and other waterways which provide access to the ocean for the introduction of water-borne…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by38 opinions
- State v. RamseurSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
- United States v. Ronald Cecil, United States of America v. Patrick Haddix, United States of America v. Odus HayesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
- United States v. BeardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Albert Ross, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- United States v. MeredithCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
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