Legal Opinion
United States v. Nicholas Vasquez
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 23, 2000No. 99-3982PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
Drug interdiction officers were examining the exterior of packages moving along a conveyor belt at the Federal Express parcel sorting station at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport when a Federal Express employee brought a nondeliverable package to their attention. The package roused the officers’ suspicions because it was incorrectly addressed even though the sender and recipient had the same last name; the air bill was handwritten, marked “priority overnight,” and contained no account number; and the package was sent from California. Following the procedure…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- United States v. Dwight Dean SundbyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
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