Legal Opinion
United States v. Dennis S. Lewis. United States of America v. Leigha T. Cothran
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 21, 1990No. 90-3029, 90-3034PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.
BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:
In these two cases, defendants challenge a new and increasingly common tactic in the war on drugs: Police officers board a commercial bus at an intermediate stop and, with the permission of individual passengers, ask questions, examine identifications and tickets, and conduct searches. Although we have not previously dealt with a Fourth Amendment challenge to this particular technique, we have considered and upheld similar police-citizen encounters aboard trains, see, e.g., United States v. Brady, 842 F.2d 1313…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Brown v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Pullman-Standard v. SwintSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by126 opinions
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- United States v. Charles J. Spears, Also Known as "Blackie," and Donald Meeks, United States of America v. Kim CurranCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
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