Legal Opinion
United States v. Arnold
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 21, 2008No. 06-50581PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether customs officers at Los Angeles International Airport may examine the electronic contents of a passenger’s laptop computer without reasonable suspicion.
I
On July 17, 2005, forty-three-year-old Michael Arnold arrived at Los Angeles International Airport (“LAX”) after a nearly twenty-hour flight from the Philippines. After retrieving his luggage from the baggage claim, Arnold proceeded to customs. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (“CBP”) Officer Laura Peng first saw Arnold while he was in line waiting to go through the checkpoint and selected him…
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