Legal Opinion
United States v. Ingham
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 24, 1974No. 72-2393PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
The only question in this appeal by one caught redhanded with two tons of marijuana aboard is whether to justify a warrantless non-probable cause search of a vessel newly arrived from a foreign port or place someone must actually have observed the vessel as her stem ploughed over the imaginary boundary between International waters and Customs waters of the United States. Just how this is to be accomplished is not clear, whether by a sort of prohibition era counter-hovering ship, 19 U.S.C.A. §§ 1701, 1401 (n) or an overhead helicopter each suitably stationed at…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- United States v. Florencio SepeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Henry Luis Sinohui Contreras, Oscar Sinohui Contreras v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by44 opinions
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- United States v. CadenaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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