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U.S. v. Nicholson, No. 97-6114 (10th Cir.) (144 F.3d 632) (May 5, 1998) (Judge Bobby R. Baldock)

Loaded on July 1, 1998 published in Punch and Jurists July 27, 1998
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Searches - Containers/Luggage.

Rare case in which a conviction was overturned due to police search of an overhead luggage rack in which the police manipulated the luggage to determine whether is contained contraband.

In this case the Court held that a law enforcement officer's manipulation of luggage becomes a search when it grows ...

 

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  2. New York State Bar Ass'n v. Reno, No. 97-CV-1768 (N.D.N.Y.) (999 F.Supp. 710) (April 7, 1998) (Judge Thomas J. McAvoy)
  3. U.S. v. Lopez-Bustamante, No. 96-CR-93-S (D.Colo.) (999 F.Supp. 1404) (March 13, 1998) (Judge Magistrate)
  4. U.S. v. Phath, No. 97-2213 (1st Cir.) (144 F.3d 146) (May 20, 1998) (Judge Norman H. Stahl)
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  7. Haywood v. Nye, No. Civ. No. 2:95-CV-216C (D.Utah) (999 F.Supp. 1451) (March 24, 1998) (Judge Tena Campbell)
  8. U.S. v. Martinez, No. 97-2350 (1st Cir.) (144 F.3d 189) (June 2, 1998) (Judge Bruce M. Selya)
  9. U.S. v. Mohammad, No. 95 C 7428 (N.D.Ill.) (999 F.Supp. 1198) (April 7, 1998) (Judge Robert W. Gettleman)
  10. Fristoe v. Thompson, No. 97-6246 (10th Cir.) (144 F.3d 627) (April 28, 1998) (Judge Monroe G. McKay)
  11. U.S. v. Vautier, No. 96-2256 (11th Cir.) (144 F.3d 756) (June 24, 1998) (Judge Frank May Hull)
  12. Mujahid v. Crabtree, No. CV-97-1661-AS (D.Or.) (999 F.Supp. 1398) (April 8, 1998) (Judge Magistrate)
  13. U.S. v. Lominac, No. 96-4282 (4th Cir.) (144 F.3d 308) (May 11, 1998) (Judge M. Blane Michael)
  14. U.S. v. Nicholson, No. 97-6114 (10th Cir.) (144 F.3d 632) (May 5, 1998) (Judge Bobby R. Baldock)
  15. Butler v. Apfel, No. 97-15497 (9th Cir.) (144 F.3d 622) (May 14, 1998) (Per Curiam)
  16. U.S. v. To, No. 96-3045 (11th Cir.) (144 F.3d 737) (June 23, 1998) (Judge Joseph Woodrow Hatchett)
  17. U.S. v. Phath, No. 97-2213 (1st Cir.) (144 F.3d 146) (May 20, 1998) (Judge Norman H. Stahl)

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