Legal Opinion

United States v. Derek Foster

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided August 6, 1991No. 90-2728PublishedCited by 97 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARLINGTON WOOD, JR., Circuit Judge.

Passengers collected their belongings and prepared to disembark as Amtrak Train Number 4 came to a halt in Chicago’s Union Station. When the doors finally opened, several hundred people, some of whom had boarded the train at its Los Angeles origination point, spilled out onto the platform and made their way toward the terminal. In the middle of this frenzied activity, one person was moving slower than the rest. Derek Foster was struggling to pull two new-looking, hard-sided suitcases and was therefore unable to keep up with his fellow passengers.

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2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Huddleston v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. United States v. BriscoeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
  3. Robert Kubat, Cross-Appellee v. James Thieret, Warden, and Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
  4. United States v. Enrique EspinosaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
  5. United States v. Thomas YorkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991

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3Cited by97 opinions

  1. United States v. Gloria Ann MoralesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
  2. United States v. GibbsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
  3. United States v. Bahman Mansoori, Mark Cox, Mohammad Mansoori, Kenneth Choice, and Terry YoungCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
  4. United States v. John G. Bennett, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
  5. United States v. Robert ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003

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