Legal Opinion
United States v. Costner
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided May 10, 1963No. Crim. 6664PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEESE, District Judge.
Agents of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, had an unlawful distillery under surveillance in the Dark Hollow section of Cocke County, Tennessee, on November 19, 1962. The surveillance was being conducted from across a river by means of binoculars, cameras, high-powered glasses and other such devices. The distillery was located near the Dark Hollow Road about seven-tenths of a mile from its intersection with the Willow Springs Road.
Agent Lawhorn saw through field glasses a 1955 Buick automobile parked about 30…
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- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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