Bond v. U.S., No. 98-9349 (U.S. Supreme Court) (529 U.S. 334; 120 S.Ct. 1462) (April 17, 2000) (Justice Rehnquist)
Here a divided Supreme Court held that a law enforcement officer's “squeezing” of soft-sided luggage stored by a passenger in an overhead luggage compartment on a bus constituted an unjustified search and therefore violated the Fourth Amendment.
In this case the Supreme Court held that a law enforcement officer’s “squeezing” ...
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