finding “joint endeavor” subject to Fourth Amendment where private party’s purpose was solely to assist federal agents, and agents helped open boxes and inspect contents
How later courts described this case
- finding “joint endeavor” subject to Fourth Amendment where private party’s purpose was solely to assist federal agents, and agents helped open boxes and inspect contents
- holding that search by private individual at government request was not a "private search"
- noting that the government requested a private person to open a package in a particular person’s possession
- customs agents asked airline transportation agent to open a package placed with the airline for shipment, then joined actively in the search by holding open the flaps of the large package so its contents could be viewed; removing, opening, and inspecting the contents of the small boxes which it contained; and marking the small boxes for future identification
Written by the judges who cited it.
Distinguished
Distinguished by United States v. Echols, 348 F. Supp. 745 (1972)
Corngold is distinguishable on its facts from the instant case.
The opinion
CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge,
concurs in the dissent of Judge BARNES.