United States v. Thomas E. Francoeur, Robert R. Pizio and Jack Pacheco

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal of the three appellants, each on several counts of an indictment charging them with having passed counterfeit $50 bills at Disney World in Florida, and having conspired to do so, raises principally the question whether the conduct of the security personnel of the privately-operated amusement park is to be equated with, and to be given the same effect as, actions by Government officials in the application of Fourth Amendment protection.

There is no issue on this appeal as to the sufficiency of the evidence for the conviction of the three defendants. The grounds…