Legal Opinion
Naranjibhai Patel v. City of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 24, 2013No. 08-56567PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WATFORD, Circuit Judge:
Los Angeles Municipal Code § 41.49 requires hotel and motel operators to keep records with specified information about their guests. Plaintiffs, motel owners in Los Angeles, challenge a provision of § 41.49 authorizing warrantless, onsite inspections of those records upon the demand of any police officer. We are asked to decide whether this provision is facially invalid under the Fourth Amendment.
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Section 41.49 requires hotel and motel operators to collect and record detailed information about their guests in either paper or electronic form. The records must…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Florida v. JardinesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
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3Cited by19 opinions
- City of L. A. v. PatelSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
- Los Angeles v. PatelSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
- Angel Mendez v. County of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2018
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- Dean Hotop v. City of San JoseCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2020
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