U.S. v. Jacobsen, No. 82-1167 (U.S. Supreme Court) (466 U.S. 109; 104 S.Ct. 1652) (April 2, 1984) (Justice Stevens)
In this case, the Court addressed two issues: whether law enforcement officers may conduct a warrantless search of the contents of a container merely because a private party has previously examined the container's contents and informed the officers of its suspicious nature; and second, whether law enforcement officers may conduct ...
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