Legal Opinion

Union Pacific Railroad v. United States Department of Homeland Security

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 12, 2013No. 19-2062PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RILEY, Chief Judge.

On thirty-eight occasions between 2001 and 2006, United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), found illegal drugs secreted on trains brought to the U.S. border by Fer-rocarril Mexicano S.A. de C.V. (Ferromex) or Kansas City Southern de Mexico S.A. de C.V. (KCSM), both Mexican railroads. Although the Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) did not control the trains before their arrival at the U.S. border 1 or even during the time CBP inspected the trains at the border, CBP imposed almost $38 million in…

2Cases cited46 opinions

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  2. Zadvydas v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
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3Cited by21 opinions

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  4. ASARCO v. Union Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2014
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