Dillard v. New York City Transit Authority

Dillard v. N.Y. City Transit Auth., 414 U.S. 839 (1973)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: October 9, 1973
Docket: No. 72-6704
Citations: 414 U.S. 83994 S. Ct. 9238 L. Ed. 2d 761973 U.S. LEXIS 500

Cited by 36 6 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court

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Ct. App. N. Y. Certiorari denied.

How later courts describe this case

Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 6 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.

(holding that the threat of air piracy justifies special fourth amendment considerations in airports, akin to those at border crossings, which allow warrantless searches in certain cases)

Gillen v. Gates, 847 F. Supp. 1475 (C.D. Cal. 1994)
(search of briefcases and purses upon entering federal courthouse)

Collier v. Miller, 414 F. Supp. 1357 (S.D. Tex. 1976)
(airport searches for weapons and explosives)

Johnston v. Tampa Sports Auth., 530 F.3d 1320 (11th Cir. 2008)
(search at airport boarding gate)

Chenkin v. Bellevue Hosp. CTR., NYC, ETC., 479 F. Supp. 207 (S.D.N.Y. 1979)

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Gaioni v. Folmar460 F. Supp. 10 (M.D. Ala. 1978)
Ringe v. Romero624 F. Supp. 417 (W.D. La. 1985)
United States v. McKinney53 F.3d 664 (5th Cir. 1995)
United States v. Cynthia Edwards498 F.2d 496 (2d Cir. 1974)
United States v. Charles A. Harrington490 F.2d 487 (2d Cir. 1973)
United States v. Cuesta597 F.2d 903 (5th Cir. 1979)

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Johnston v. Tampa Sports Authority530 F.3d 1320 (11th Cir. 2008)
Johnston v. Tampa Sports Authority530 F.3d 1320 (11th Cir. 2007)
United States v. McKinney53 F.3d 664 (5th Cir. 1995)
Gillen v. Gates847 F. Supp. 1475 (C.D. Cal. 1994)
United States v. Boffman747 F. Supp. 1251 (S.D. Ohio 1990)
Celso Lopez Lopez v. M. Aran844 F.2d 898 (1st Cir. 1988)

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