Legal Opinion
Lee v. Thornton
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 2, 1976No. 533, Docket 75-6089PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Lee and Rich, two motor vehicle owners, whose vehicles were detained by customs officials in Vermont after crossings of the Canadian border, sued in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, attacking the constitutionality of the statutory scheme under which the vehicles had been detained.1
*29A decision granting partial relief in favor of the plaintiffs by a three-judge district court, 370 F.Supp. 312 (1974), was yacated by Supreme Court, 420 U.S. 139, 95 S.Ct. 853, 43 L.Ed.2d 85 (1975), on the ground that the three-judge court had erro*30neously…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by46 opinions
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- Richard Stypmann v. The City and County of San FranciscoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- James Sutton, Jr. v. City of MilwaukeeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Ivers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
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