Legal Opinion
United States v. Zula Jones
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 18, 2002No. 01-10352PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, we consider whether the government’s efforts to ensure compliance with a forthwith subpoena fall under the O’Connor v. Ortega, 480 U.S. 709, 107 S.Ct. 1492, 94 L.Ed.2d 714 (1987), exception to the warrant requirement. We conclude that the search does not fall within the O’Connor exception and that the government’s efforts gave rise to an illegal search.
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In 1999, the federal government conducted an investigation into possible criminal wrongdoing in the San Francisco Human Rights Commission’s (“HRC”) program for certifying minority ownership of…
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