Legal Opinion
Gallaher v. City of Huntington
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 11, 1985No. 84-1312PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge.
The temptation to steal still rears its ugly head. State governments understandably from time to time have to seek to introduce enhanced methods for detecting and preventing theft. The West Virginia legislature, in enacting in 1981 § 61-3-51 of its Code has followed one recently developed course.1 The statute is designed to impede the flow in commerce of stolen goods and thereby to diminish the likelihood that they will become more difficult to trace and to recover.2
*1157Under a heading “Precious Metal and Gem Dealers; Records; Prohibited Acts,” West Virginia Code §…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Muhammad v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2005
- Muhammad v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2005
- Turner v. DammonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
- Tennessee Scrap Recyclers Ass'n v. BredesenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2009
- Garcia v. Village of TijerasNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1988
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